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Tomopleura reciproca (Gould 1860)

Tomopleura reciproca

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Tomopleura reciproca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 12 mm, its width 4 mm. The small shell is lanceolate. It contains ten slightly convex whorls bearing revolving carinae, of which there are 4–5 on the whorls of the spire, and 10–12 on the body whorl. The middle carina is stronger, the interspaces clathrate. The aperture measures one-fourth the total length. The sinus is broad and deep. The siphonal canal is short, wide and twisted.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura reciproca. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435064 on 2016-04-02
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Pleurotoma reciproca)

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Tomopleura reciproca: Brief Summary

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Tomopleura reciproca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

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