''Tomlinia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Tomliniinae of the
family
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Nassariidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tomlinia Peile, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490577 on 2022-10-01]
Species
* ''
Tomlinia frausseni''
Thach, 2014
* ''
Tomlinia rapulum''
(Reeve, 1846)
References
* Peile A.J. (1937) Radula notes III. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 22(6): 365-367.
External links
Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
Nassariidae
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