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Tomopleura

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Tomopleura was named by Casey (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 530,899]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Borsoniinae by Beu et al. (1990); to Drilliinae by Wilson (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Tomopleura Casey
1990Tomopleura Beu et al. pp. 418, 419
1994Tomopleura Wilson p. 186
2002Tomopleura 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

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.

G. †Tomopleura Casey 1904
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Subg. Tomopleura (Maoritomella) Powell 1942
Subg. †Tomopleura (Tomopleura) Casey 1904
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand Maoritomella annosa (67861)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France T. basteroti (74861)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Maoritomella pukeuriensis, T. transenna (67900) T. finlayi (67899) T. transenna (67896) T. transenna, T. excavata (67897)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand T. maoria, T. sp. (63089)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Maoritomella batjanensis (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) T. ludbrookae (63432)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) T. sp. (173685)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan T. qyantoana (97029) T. yokoyamai, T. subdifficilis (97028)