Biology:Crassispira passaloides

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira passaloides
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Shells of Crassispira passaloides (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. passaloides
Binomial name
Crassispira passaloides
(Cossmann, 1902)
Synonyms

Drillia (Tripla) passaloides Cossmann, 1902

Crassispira passaloides 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 11 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q56280332 entry