Tomopleura oscitans

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]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm. ^[1] It has 9 whorls in the teleoconch. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Durban Bay, South Africa, to southern Mozambique; littoral to about 27m on clean sand. ^[2]

References

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
2. N., Kilburn R. (December 1986). "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae" (PDF). Annals of the Natal Museum. 27 (2): 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". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.