Crassispira passaloides

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

Crassispira passaloides
Shells of Crassispira passaloides (specimen 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. passaloides
Binomial name
Crassispira passaloides
(Cossmann, 1902)
Synonyms

Drillia (Tripla) passaloides Cossmann, 1902

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

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

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