Tomopleura reevii (C. B. Adams 1850)

Drilliola reevii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

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.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; and off Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippines

References

• Kilburn, R.N. (1986) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 27, 633–720 page(s): 715
• Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S.P. (2021). New Borsoniidae from the Central Philippines. Gloria Maris. 60(4): 188-207

Tomopleura reevii is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Borsoniidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1850 door C.B. Adams.

Tomopleura reevii é uma espécie de gastrópode do gênero Tomopleura, pertencente a família Borsoniidae.^[1]

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