Tomopleura excavata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Tomopleura excavata (Hutton, 1877) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831665 on 2016-04-02
Distribution This extinct marine species from the Upper Cenozoic was found in New Zealand.
References
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.