Tomopleura oscitans

Short description: Species of gastropod

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]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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

## External links

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

Wikidata ☰ Q10383062 entry

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