Tomopleura furcata

Tomopleura furcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Tomopleura
Species:	T. furcata
Binomial name
	Tomopleura furcata; (Mathias Harzhauser, Han Raven, Bernard M. Landau, László Kocsis, Asiqqin Adnan, Martin Zuschin, Oleg Mandic & Antonino Briguglio; 2018)

Last updated September 02, 2025

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

Etymology

The name furcata refers to the broad groove between its carina and suture.^[2]

Description

Compared to other members of its genus, this Tomopleura species is of moderate size. The shell is a distinctively broad, fusiform (spindle) shape, characterized by a relatively short and notched siphonal canal.^[2]

Distribution

This extinct marine species is found from the Tortonian of Brunei Darussalam.^[2]

References

↑ "Tomopleura furcata Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018 †". WoRMS. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
1 2 3 Harzhauser, Mathias; Raven, Han; Landau, Bernard M.; Kocsis, László; Adnan, Asiqqin; Zuschin, Martin; Mandic, Oleg; Briguglio, Antonino (December 2018). "Late Miocene gastropods from northern Borneo (Brunei Darussalam, Seria Formation)" (PDF). Palaeontographica, Abt. A: Palaeozoology – Stratigraphy. 313 (1–3): 1–79. Bibcode:2018PalAA.313....1H. doi:10.1127/pala/2018/0077.

External links

"Tomopleura furcata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 August 2025.

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[WoRMS-1] "Tomopleura furcata Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018 †". WoRMS. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2025.

[:0-2] 1 2 3 Harzhauser, Mathias; Raven, Han; Landau, Bernard M.; Kocsis, László; Adnan, Asiqqin; Zuschin, Martin; Mandic, Oleg; Briguglio, Antonino (December 2018). "Late Miocene gastropods from northern Borneo (Brunei Darussalam, Seria Formation)" (PDF). Palaeontographica, Abt. A: Palaeozoology – Stratigraphy. 313 (1–3): 1–79. Bibcode:2018PalAA.313....1H. doi:10.1127/pala/2018/0077.

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