Crassispira armoricensis

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

Crassispira armoricensis
Shells of † Crassispira armoricensis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. armoricensis
Binomial name
Crassispira armoricensis
(Cossmann, 1896)
Synonyms

Drillia (Crassispira) armoricensis Cossmann, 1896

Description

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in Loire-Atlantique, France

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References

  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Tome 1, fascicule 2. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, t. 6, vol. 4, p. 180-246


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