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Crassispira acuticosta

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Crassispira acuticosta
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. acuticosta
Binomial name
Crassispira acuticosta
(Nyst, 1845)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma acuticosta Nyst, 1845

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

Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Limburg, Belgium.

References

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  • d'Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines. Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés: faisant suite au Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2. V. Masson, 1852.