Crassispira abundans
Crassispira abundans is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Crassispira abundans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. abundans |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira abundans (Conrad 1840) | |
| Synonyms | |
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† Drillia abundans Conrad 1840 | |
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Mississippi, USA: age range: 33.9 to 28.4 Ma
References
- 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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