Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Turris violacea | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Tomopleura reevii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13.5 mm. The shell is multicarinate. The interstices are longitudinally striate. The color of the shell is pale violaceous or whitish, sometimes indistinctly fasciated with a darker color above. The columella is one- or two-plaited. The outer lip is acute, crenulated, and shows a slight sinus.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; and off Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippines
References
Tomopleura reevii Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA