Tomopleura vertebrata

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

Tomopleura vertebrata
Apertural view of a shell of Tomopleura vertebrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. vertebrata
Binomial name
Tomopleura vertebrata
(E. A. Smith, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asthenotoma vertebrata (E. A. Smith, 1875)
  • Pleurotoma vertebrata E. A. Smith, 1875 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa, in the Persian Gulf and off Japan

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura bellardii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435058 on 2016-03-27
  • R.N. Kilburn (1986), Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Ann. Natal Mus. Vol. 27(2) pp. 633–720
  • "Tomopleura vertebrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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