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Crassispira lesbarritzensis

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Crassispira lesbarritzensis
Shells of Crassispira lesbarritzensis (holotype in 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. lesbarritzensis
Binomial name
Crassispira lesbarritzensis
Lozouet, 2015

Crassispira lesbarritzensis 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 Oligocene and lower Miocene strata in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira lagouardensis Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867927 on 2018-08-22
  • Lozouet P. (2015). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana. 17: 15–84. page(s): 40, pl. 18 figs 9-12