Biology:Crassispira terebra

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira terebra
Crassispira terebra 001.jpg
Shells of Crassispira terebra (specimens 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. terebra
Binomial name
Crassispira terebra
(de Basterot, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Drillia losquemadica (B. de Basterot, 1825)
  • Pleurotoma terebra B. de Basterot, 1825

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