Crassispira brocchii

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

Crassispira brocchii
Shells of Crassispira brocchii (specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. brocchii
Binomial name
Crassispira brocchii
(Bellardi & Michelotti, 1841)
Synonyms
  • † Drillia (Crassispira) brocchii Bellardi & Michelotti, 1841

Description

The length of the shell attains 40 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of Andalusia, Spain and Southern France

References
  1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: 'Crassispira brocchii
  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179


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