Tomellana Wenz 1943

Tomellana is a genus of sea snail marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.^[2]

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.^[3]

Species

• † Tomellana aueri Harzhauser, Landau & R. Janssen, 2022
• † Tomellana dulaii Harzhauser, Landau & R. Janssen, 2022
• Tomellana hupferi Strebel, 1912
• † Tomellana jouannetii (Des Moulins, 1842)
• Tomellana leschkei (Strebel, 1912)
• Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1818)
• † Tomellana praecursor (Schaffer, 1912)
• † Tomellana semimarginata (Lamarck, 1822)

Species brought into synonymy

• Tomellana pfefferi (Strebel, 1912): synonym of Fusiturris pfefferi (Strebel, 1912)

References

• Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin. Lief. 1, 1-240

Tomellana is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).

Soorten

• Tomellana hupferi (Strebel, 1912)
• Tomellana leschkei (Strebel, 1912)
• Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1818)

Tomellana é um gênero de gastrópodes pertencente a família Clavatulidae.^[2]

Espécies

• Tomellana hupferi Strebel, 1912
• Tomellana leschkei (Strebel, 1912)
• Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1818)

Espécies trazidas para a sinonímia

• Tomellana pfefferi (Strebel, 1912): sinônimo de Fusiturris pfefferi (Strebel, 1912)

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