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Tomopleura (Maoritomella)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Maoritomella was named by Powell (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 530,899]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Tomopleura (Maoritomella) by Beu et al. (1990).

It was assigned to Tomopleura by Beu et al. (1990); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Maoritomella Powell
1990Tomopleura (Maoritomella) Beu et al. p. 419
2002Maoritomella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyBorsoniinaeBellardi 1875
genusTomopleuraCasey 1904
subgenusMaoritomella(Powell 1942)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Tomopleura (Maoritomella) Powell 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Waiauan or 28.40000 to 11.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand Maoritomella annosa (67861)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Maoritomella pukeuriensis (67900)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Tomopleura maoria (63089)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Maoritomella batjanensis (42311)