Tomopleura oscitans
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- Asthenotoma vertebrata (partim); Barnard, 1958
- Pleurotoma vertebrata (non E. A. Smith, 1875); E. A. Smith, 1903
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Tomopleura oscitans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.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
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm. It has 9 whorls in the teleoconch..
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Durban Bay, South Africa, to Mozambique.
References
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- 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
- {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=19517|title=Tomopleura oscitans|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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