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Tomopleura cicatrigula

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Tomopleura cicatrigula
Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Tomopleura cicatrigula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. cicatrigula
Binomial name
Tomopleura cicatrigula
(Hedley, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asthenotoma cicatrigula Hedley, 1922 (original combination)

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

Description

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The size of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura cicatrigula. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435059 on 2016-03-25
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  • "Tomopleura cicatrigula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • C.K. Chang (1999), Part 9 Borsoniinae & Mitromorphiinae Species