Tomopleura

Tomopleura
	A shell of Tomopleura bellardii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Tomopleura; Casey, 1904
Type species
	Pleurotoma nivea, Philippi, 1851;

Tomopleura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Description[edit]

The fusiform shell with a high spire and a truncate base is light-built with a deep, reverse "U-shaped" anal sinus on the shoulder slope and a tall, straight-sided conical spire. The apex is truncate. The sculpture of the shell shows strong spiral lirae and spiral keels with fine axial threads in the interstices. There is a spiral ridge at the lower columella. The radula is of the toxoglossan type.^[2]

Distribution[edit]

Species in this marine genus occur in Central and East Indian Ocean, off East Africa, India (E), Indo-China, Japan, Mozambique, Philippines, the Red Sea, South Africa and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Species[edit]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Tomopleura :^[3]

Tomopleura bellardii (Jousseaume, 1883)
Tomopleura carrota (Laseron, 1954)
Tomopleura cicatrigula (Hedley, 1922)
† Tomopleura clifdenica Powell, 1942
Tomopleura coffea (Thiele, 1925)
† Tomopleura crassispiralis (Marwick, 1929)
Tomopleura dilecta (Hedley, 1903)
† Tomopleura excavata (Hutton, 1877)
† Tomopleura finlayi Powell, 1942
† Tomopleura furcata Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018
Tomopleura fuscocincta Gofas & Rolán, 2009 ^[4]
Tomopleura nivea (Philippi, 1851)
Tomopleura oscitans Kilburn, 1986
Tomopleura pouloensis Jousseaume, 1883 ^[5]
Tomopleura reciproca (Gould, 1860)
Tomopleura regina (Thiele, 1925)
Tomopleura retusispirata (Smith E. A., 1877)
Tomopleura spiralissima Gofas & Rolán, 2009 - synonyms = Asthenotoma spiralis (Smith, 1872), Pleurotoma spiralis, Smith, 1872 ^[4]
† Tomopleura striata (P. Marshall, 1917)
Tomopleura subtilinea (Hedley, 1918)
Tomopleura thisbe (Melvill, 1906)
Tomopleura thola (Laseron, 1954)
Tomopleura tricincta Gofas & Rolán, 2009 ^[4]
Tomopleura vertebrata (Smith E. A., 1875)
† Tomopleura waiauensis Powell, 1942

Species brought into synonymy

Tomopleura albula (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Maoritomella albula (Hutton, 1873)
Tomopleura fultoni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1888): synonym of Pulsarella fultoni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1888)
Tomopleura ischna (Watson, 1881): synonym of Maoritomella ischna (Watson, 1881)
Tomopleura multiplex (Webster, 1906): synonym of Maoritomella multiplex (Webster, 1881)
Tomopleura orientalis (Dell, 1956): synonym of Maoritomella orientalis Dell, 1956
Tomopleura reevii (Adams C. B., 1950): synonym of Drilliola reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850)
† Tomopleura transenna (Suter, 1917): synonym of † Cryptomella transenna (Suter, 1917)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Tomopleura Casey, 1904. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.
^ Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, Chapter 10, p. 96, June 1, 2001^{[permanent dead link]}
^ WoRMS : Tomopleura
^ ^a ^b ^c Gofas, Serge; Rolan Emilio (2009). "A systematic review of "Asthenotoma spiralis (Smith, 1872)" in West Africa, with description of two new species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 31 (1): 5–16. doi:10.5252/z2009n1a1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
^ Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan Chapter 10, p. 98, June 1, 2001^{[permanent dead link]}

Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633-720.

External links[edit]

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[WoRMS-1] Tomopleura Casey, 1904. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.

[2] Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, Chapter 10, p. 96, June 1, 2001^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] WoRMS : Tomopleura

[Gofas-4] Gofas, Serge; Rolan Emilio (2009). "A systematic review of "Asthenotoma spiralis (Smith, 1872)" in West Africa, with description of two new species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 31 (1): 5–16. doi:10.5252/z2009n1a1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-08-11.

[5] Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan Chapter 10, p. 98, June 1, 2001^{[permanent dead link]}

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