Tomopleura vertebrata
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| Apertural view of a shell of Tomopleura vertebrata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Tomopleura |
| Species: | T. vertebrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tomopleura vertebrata (E. A. Smith, 1875)
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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.
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Distribution[]
This marine species occurs off South Africa, in the Persian Gulf and off Japan
References[]
- ^ 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[]
- "Tomopleura vertebrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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- Tomopleura