Crassispira oxyacrum

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

Crassispira oxyacrum
Shells of Crassispira oxyacrum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. oxyacrum
Binomial name
Crassispira oxyacrum
(Cossmann, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Crassispira (Tripla) oxyacrum (Cossmann, 1889)
  • Drillia (Tripla) oxyacrum Cossmann, 1889

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

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

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