Tomopleura vertebrata

Tomopleura vertebrata
Apertural view of a shell of Tomopleura vertebrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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. ^ 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
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