Tomopleura vertebrata

Short description: Species of gastropod

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)

Tomopleura vertebrata 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 length of the shell attains 20 mm.

## Distribution

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

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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

## External links

* "Tomopleura vertebrata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_12111.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q10383070 entry

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