Crassispira hispaniolae

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

Crassispira hispaniolae
Scientific classification
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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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


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