| Toxiclionella impages | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Toxiclionella impages | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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| Toxiclionella impages (Adams & Reeve, 1848) | |
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Toxiclionella impages is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.
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.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
References
- ^ 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
- "Toxiclionella (Toxiclionella) impages". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
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