Tomopleura crassispiralis

Tomopleura crassispiralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Tomopleura
Species:	T. crassispiralis
Binomial name
	Tomopleura crassispiralis; (Marwick, 1929)
Synonyms
	† Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralisMarwick, 1929(original combination)

Last updated August 24, 2025

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

Distribution

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

References

1 2 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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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 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

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