Biology:Crassispira cymation

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira cymation
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. cymation
Binomial name
Crassispira cymation W.P. Woodring, 1970
Synonyms
† Crassispira (Crassispirella) cymation Woodring 1970

Crassispira cymation is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.3 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Panama; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma.

References

• W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452

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