Crassispira daguini

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

Crassispira daguini
Shells of Crassispira daguini (specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. daguini
Binomial name
Crassispira daguini
(Peyrot, 1931)
Synonyms

Drillia daguini Peyrot, 1931

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata of Aquitaine, France.

References

  • Lozouet (P.), 2017 Les Conoidea de l’Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l’Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana, t. 19, p. 1-179


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