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Crassispira tyloessa

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Crassispira tyloessa
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. tyloessa
Binomial name
Crassispira tyloessa
W. P. Woodring, 1970
Synonyms

Crassispira (Crassispirella) tyloessa Woodring 1970

Crassispira tyloessa 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 13.4 mm, its diameter 5.8 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Panama; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma.

References

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  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452