Tomopleura ludbrookae

Tomopleura ludbrookae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae. Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene and potentially the Late Pliocene, and have been found in strata of the St Vincent Basin of South Australia, and potentially from the Eucla Basin of Western and South Australia.

Description

In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
The holotype of the species measures in height and in diameter.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected from the Metropolitan Abattoirs Bore in Adelaide, Australia at a depth of between by Walter Howchin and Joseph Verco in 1919, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

This extinct marine species dates to the middle Miocene and potentially the Late Pliocene, and occurs in the strata of the St Vincent Basin of South Australia, including the lower Dry Creek Sands, and potentially from the Roe Calcarenite of the Eucla Basin.