Crassispira lagouardensis
Appearance
Crassispira lagouardensis | |
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Shells of Crassispira lagouardensis (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. lagouardensis
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Binomial name | |
Crassispira lagouardensis Lozouet, 2015
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Crassispira lagouardensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
[edit]This marine gastropod forms part of a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow and high-spired shells.[2] The length of the shell attains 11 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils have been found in Oligocene and lower Miocene strata in Aquitaine, France
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira lagouardensis Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867927 on 2018-08-22
- ^ "Mindat.org". Mindat.org.
- Lozouet P. (2015). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana. 17: 15–84. page(s): 40, pl. 18 figs 9-12