Tomopleura oscitans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Tomopleura oscitans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Tomopleura |
Species: | T. oscitans
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Binomial name | |
Tomopleura oscitans Kilburn, 1986
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm. It has 9 whorls in the teleoconch..
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Durban Bay, South Africa, to Mozambique.
References
edit- ^ a b 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
- 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
edit- "Tomopleura oscitans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.