''Tomellana lineata'', common name the wavy-line turrid, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Clavatulidae.
[Gofas, S. (2011). Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1818). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591973 on 15 June 2016]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 45 mm. The shell is smooth with a
body whorl
The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
In gastropods
In gastropods, the b ...
more or less constricted above. The
spire is sometimes very short, and sometimes long. The color of the shell is whitish or yellowish brown, thickly flexuously longitudinally lineated with chestnut or chocolate.
[ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 231; 1884 (described as ''Clavatula perrona'')]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from
Senegal to
Angola.
References
* Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). ''Coquillages du Gabon
hells of Gabon'. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
* Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandà o, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). ''Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola.
hells and molluscs of Angola'' Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
External links
*
Specimen at MNHN, Paris
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lineata
Gastropods described in 1816