Tomopleura vertebrata

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]

## Description

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The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

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## Distribution

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

## References

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1. ^ a b 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

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tomopleura vertebrata.

* "Tomopleura vertebrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Taxon identifiers

Tomopleura vertebrata|

* Wikidata: Q10383070
* GBIF: 6511765
* IRMNG: 11829196
* OBIS: 435069
* Open Tree of Life: 2903868
* SeaLifeBase: 99422
* WoRMS: 435069

Pleurotoma vertebrata|

* Wikidata: Q109556512
* CoL: 6W474
* GBIF: 6511766
* WoRMS: 436970