Crassispira octocrassicosta

Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira octocrassicosta
Shell of † Crassispira octocrassicosta (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. octocrassicosta
Binomial name
Crassispira octocrassicosta
Lozouet, 2017

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

Description

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira octocrassicosta Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055358 on 2018-08-27
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3-180
  • MNHN: Crassispira octocrassicosta
Taxon identifiers
Crassispira octocrassicosta


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