Biology:Crassispira terebra
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
Crassispira terebra | |
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Shells of Crassispira terebra (specimens at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. terebra
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Binomial name | |
Crassispira terebra (de Basterot, 1825)
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Crassispira terebra 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 28 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.
References
- Basterot, B. de. Description géologique du Bassin Tertiaire du Sud-Ouest de la France: Mémoires de la Sociéte d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 1825.
- Lozouet (P.), 2017 Les Conoidea de l’Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l’Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana, t. 19, p. 1-179
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q57830959 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crassispira terebra.
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