Crassispira jamaicense

Crassispira jamaicense is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1] Fossils have been found in Jamaica.

Crassispira jamaicense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. jamaicense
Binomial name
Crassispira jamaicense
(Guppy, 1866)
Synonyms
  • † Crassispira (Crassispirella) jamaicensisGuppy, 1866
  • Drillia jamaicense(Guppy, 1866)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) jamaicenseGuppy, 1866
  • Pleurotoma jamaicenseGuppy, 1866

References
  1. Fossilworks: Crassispira jamaicense
  • Guppy, RJ Lechmere. "On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica." Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 22.1-2 (1866): 281–295.
  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452


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