Crassispira ritanida
| Crassispira ritanida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. ritanida
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira ritanida (W.C. Mansfield, 1925)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Drillia (Crassispirella) ritanida W.C. Mansfield, 1925 | |
Crassispira ritanida is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata in Trinidad and Tobago; age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma.
References
[edit]- W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125
External links
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