Tomopleura oscitans

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

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

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

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

• 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" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_19517.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10383062 entry

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