''Tomopleura crassispiralis'' is an extinct species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
.
[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]
Description
Distribution
This extinct marine species from the Upper
Cenozoic
The Cenozoic ( ; ) is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66million years of Earth's history. It is characterised by the dominance of mammals, birds and flowering plants, a cooling and drying climate, and the current configura ...
was found in
New Zealand; age range: 28.4 to 23.03 Ma
References
* 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.
crassispiralis
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1929
{{Borsoniidae-stub