Toxiclionella_impages

<i>Toxiclionella impages</i>

Toxiclionella impages

Species of gastropod

Toxiclionella impages is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

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Description

The 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

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.

References

  1. [1]
    Toxiclionella impages (Adams & Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    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.
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