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Crassispira contabulata

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Crassispira contabulata
Shells of Crassispira contabulata (syntype 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. contabulata
Binomial name
Crassispira contabulata
(Cossmann, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Drillia (Crassispira) contabulata (Cossmann, 1889)
  • Pleurotoma (Oxyacrum) contabulata Cossmann, 1889

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

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

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