Tomopleura pouloensis
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| Tomopleura pouloensis | |
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| Shell of Tomopleura pouloensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Tomopleura |
| Species: | T. pouloensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomopleura pouloensis (Jousseaume, 1883) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tomopleura pouloensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 17 mm. The small shell is lanceolate and lurid. It contains ten shouldered and carinate whorls, with elevated revolving lines of which there are ten or twelve on the body whorl. The narrow aperture measures one-third the total length of the shell. The outer lip has a profound, wide sinus. The columella is smooth.[2]
