Crassispira angulosa

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

Crassispira angulosa
Shells of †Crassispira angulosa (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. angulosa
Binomial name
Crassispira angulosa
(G.P. Deshayes, 1834 )
Synonyms

Drillia (Tripia) angulosa G.P. Deshayes, 1834

Subspecies: † Crassispira angulosa acyensis (A.E.M. Cossmann, 1889) (synonym: Drillia (Crassispira) angulosa acyensis Cossmann, 1889)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.8 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

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