Tomopleura bellardii

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Tomopleura bellardii
Shell of Tomopleura bellardii (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. bellardii
Binomial name
Tomopleura bellardii
(Jousseaume, 1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia bellardii (Jousseaume, 1883)
  • Oligotoma bellardii Jousseaume, 1883 (original combination)

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

The length of the shell attains 11 mm. The white shell is spirally costate. The outer lip is crenulated, with a shallow sinus near the suture. The columellar lip shows a median plication. (described from an immature specimen)[2] (described as Drillia bellardii)

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