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Crassispira plateaui

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Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira plateaui
Shells of Crassispira plateaui (specimen at 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. plateaui
Binomial name
Crassispira plateaui
(Cossmann, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Drillia plateaui Cossmann, 1889
  • Drillia (Tripia) plateaui (Cossmann, 1889)

Crassispira plateaui 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 7mm.

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

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

References

  1. MNHN, Paris: Crassispira plateaui
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132

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Taxon identifiers
Crassispira plateaui


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