Tomopleura crassispiralis

Tomopleura crassispiralis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Tomopleura crassispiralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. crassispiralis
Binomial name
Tomopleura crassispiralis
(Marwick, 1929)
Synonyms[1]

Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralis Marwick, 1929(original combination)

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species from the Upper Cenozoic was found in New Zealand; age range: 28.4 to 23.03 Ma

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References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Tomopleura crassispiralis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831664 on 2016-04-02
  • J. Marwick. 1929. Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59:903–937
  • J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1–560
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.


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