Crassispira hypermeces

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

Crassispira hypermeces
Shells of Crassispira hypermeces
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. hypermeces
Binomial name
Crassispira hypermeces
(Cossmann, 1889)
Synonyms

Drillia (Crassispira) hypermeces Cossmann, 1889

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

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

References


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