Biology:Crassispira promensis

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira promensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. promensis
Binomial name
Crassispira promensis
(Noetling, 1901)
Synonyms

Drillia (Crassispira) promensis Noetling 1901

Crassispira promensis 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 29.5 mm, its diameter 9.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Myanmar, age range: 23.03 to 20.43 Ma

References

  • Noetling, Fritz. "Fauna of the Miocene beds of Burma." Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologica Indica, New Series 1 (1901): 25-pls.
  • E. Vredenburg. 1921. Results of a revision of some portions of Dr Noetling's second monograph on the Tertiary fauna of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 51:224-302

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q57830906 entry