Biology:Crassispira ritanida

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira ritanida
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gastropoda
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Neogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Conoidea
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Pseudomelatomidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Crassispira
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Binomial name
Crassispira ritanida
(W.C. Mansfield, 1925)
Synonyms

Drillia (Crassispirella) ritanida W.C. Mansfield, 1925

Crassispira ritanida 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 8.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata in Trinidad and Tobago; age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma.

References

  • W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125

Wikidata ☰ Q57830930 entry