Tomopleura oscitans

Tomopleura oscitans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Tomopleura oscitans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. oscitans
Binomial name
Tomopleura oscitans
Kilburn, 1986
Synonyms[1]
  • Asthenotoma vertebrata (partim); Barnard, 1958
  • Pleurotoma vertebrata (non E. A. Smith, 1875); E. A. Smith, 1903

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm. It has 9 whorls in the teleoconch..

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Durban Bay, South Africa, to Mozambique.

References
  1. WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura oscitans. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435063 on 2016-04-02
  • Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633–720.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 156
  • "Tomopleura oscitans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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