Tomopleura nivea
Species of gastropod
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Tomopleura nivea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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| Tomopleura nivea | |
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| Shell of Tomopleura nivea (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Tomopleura |
| Species: | T. nivea |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomopleura nivea (Philippi, 1851) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The seashell ranges from 15 mm to 30 mm long.
Distribution
This snail lives in the water between South Africa and Mozambique, and off the coast of Japan
