| 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 |
| 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
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