Crassispira starri

Crassispira starri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. starri
Binomial name
Crassispira starri
L.G. Hertlein, 1927

Crassispira starri is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1] mollusk in the family

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 8.4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Baja California, Mexico; age range: 23.03 to 15.97 Ma

References

  1. ^ Fossilworks: Crassispira starri
  • L. G. Hertlein. 1927. Paleontology of the Miocene of Lower California. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 16(19):605-647


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