''Tomella'' is a
genus 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 ...
s, 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 ...
mollusks in the
family Clavatulidae.
This name is no longer valid as it is a junior homonym of ''Tomella'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (order Diptera). It has been replaced by ''
Tomellana'' (Wenz, 1943).
Species
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Tomella hupferi''
Strebel, 1912: synonym of ''
Tomellana hupferi
''Tomellana hupferi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.Gofas, S. (2015). Tomellana hupferi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
'' (Strebel, 1912)
* ''Tomella leschkei''
Strebel, 1912:
synonym of ''
Tomellana leschkei'' (Strebel, 1912)
* ''Tomella pfefferi''
Strebel, 1912: synonym of ''
Clavatula pfefferi'' (Strebel, 1912)
References
Clavatulidae
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