Crassispira tenuicrenata

Crassispira tenuicrenata is an extinct species of sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

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

Drillia tenuicrenata Cossmann, 1902

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.[1] It likely originated from the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in the Paris Basin, France.[1]

References

  • Cossmann (M.), 1902 Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris (3ème appendice). Annales de la Société royale Malacologique de Belgique, t. 36, p. 9-110
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132


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