Tomellana leschkei

Tomellana leschkei
Original drawing of a shell of Tomellana leschkei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Tomellana
Species: T. leschkei
Binomial name
Tomellana leschkei
(Strebel, 1912) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Tomella lischkei Strebel, 1912

Tomellana leschkei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2]

Description

The fusiform, translucent white shell is quite shiny and contains 9 - 9½ whorls. The shell is threaded with a somewhat incurved lateral contour. The aperture stands out significantly from the curvature of the body whorl. The protoconch consists of 1 - 1½ smooth whorls. The spiral sculpture is pronounced strongly on the first whorls, but then decreases gradually so that on the body whorl it becomes hard to detect. The callus at the top of the aperture is relatively well-developed.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa.

References

  1. Strebel, H. (1912). Bemerkungen zu den Clavatula-Gruppen Perrona und Tomella Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 29(2): 1-24, pl.
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2015). Tomellana leschkei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591975 on 2016-06-28
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