Tomopleura excavata

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Tomopleura excavata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Borsoniidae
Genus:  | Tomopleura
Species:  |

T. excavata

Binomial name
Tomopleura excavata

(Hutton, 1877)

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

## Description

## Distribution

This extinct marine species from the Upper Cenozoic was found in New Zealand.

## References

1. ↑ Marshall, B. (2015). Tomopleura excavata (Hutton, 1877) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831665 on 2016-04-02

* 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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