Crassispira lyopleura

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

Crassispira lyopleura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. lyopleura
Binomial name
Crassispira lyopleura
McNeil, 1984

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Mississippi, USA

gollark: It's CB!
gollark: To the hub!
gollark: No, they'll think "oh, my eggs are *special*".
gollark: ~~banned from DC for mildly irritating TJ09~~
gollark: Hah. Expecting TJ09 to *read emails*? What nonsense.

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