Crassispira perrugata
Appearance
Crassispira perrugata | |
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Shell of Crassispira perrugata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. perrugata
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Binomial name | |
Crassispira perrugata (Dall, 1890)
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Synonyms | |
† Drillia abundans perrugata Dall, 1890 |
Crassispira perrugata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 29.5 mm, its diameter 9.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata in Florida and North Carolina, USA; age range: 2.588 to 0.781 Ma
References
[edit]- W.H. Dall (1890), Wagner Free Inst. Sci. Trans. vol. 3 pt 1, p. 31
- J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310
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