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Tomellana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Tomellana

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Tomellana is a genus of sea snail marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

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Tomellana is a replacement name for Tomella Swainson, 1840, a junior homonym of Tomella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (order Diptera)

Description

The smooth and shining shell has a fusiform shape. The spire consists of 10 - 11 whorls and is not much longer than the body whorl. The first 1½ whorls are smooth and translucent. The width of the whorls increase slowly into becoming a bulging body whorl. The whorls are separated by a simple suture. The aperture is oval. The inner lip shows a thick callosity at the top. The siphonal canal is short and wide.

Species

  • Tomellana hupferi Strebel, 1912
  • Tomellana leschkei (Strebel, 1912)
  • Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Species brought into synonymy
  • Tomellana pfefferi (Strebel, 1912): synonym of Fusiturris pfefferi (Strebel, 1912)
  • References

    Tomellana Wikipedia