Toxiclionella impages is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
Toxiclionella impages | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Toxiclionella impages | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Toxiclionella |
Species: | T. impages
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Binomial name | |
Toxiclionella impages (Adams & Reeve, 1848)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 50 mm. The shell is flexuously, narrowly ribbed or plicate. The plicae extend to the suture, but not prominent. The color of the shell is yellowish brown.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ a b Toxiclionella impages (Adams & Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 184; 1884 (described as Drillia impages)
- Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417–470.
External links
edit- "Toxiclionella (Toxiclionella) impages". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.