Biology:Crassispira lyopleura

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira lyopleura
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. lyopleura
Binomial name
Crassispira lyopleura
McNeil, 1984

Crassispira lyopleura is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Mississippi, USA

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q57830885 entry