Biology:Crassispira jamaicense

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira jamaicense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. jamaicense
Binomial name
Crassispira jamaicense (Guppy, 1866)
Synonyms
† Crassispira (Crassispirella) jamaicensisGuppy, 1866 Drillia jamaicense(Guppy, 1866) Pleurotoma (Drillia) jamaicenseGuppy, 1866 Pleurotoma jamaicenseGuppy, 1866

Crassispira jamaicense is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Fossils have been found in Jamaica.

References

• Guppy, RJ Lechmere. "On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica." Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 22.1-2 (1866): 281–295.
• W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
• 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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