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Crassispira hispaniolae

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Extinct species of sea snail

Crassispira hispaniolae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species: C. hispaniolae
Binomial name
Crassispira hispaniolae
(Maury 1917)
Synonyms
  • Crassispira (Crassispirella) hispaniolae (Maury 1917)
  • Drillia hispaniolae C.J. Maury, 1917

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 3.25 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2018)

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic: age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma

References

  1. Fossilworks: Crassispira hispaniolae
  • C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43
Taxon identifiers
Crassispira hispaniolae


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