Tomopleura striata

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

Tomopleura striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. striata
Binomial name
Tomopleura striata
(P. Marshall, 1917)

Distribution

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

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Tomopleura striata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831667 on 2016-04-04
  • 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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