Crassispira lozoueti

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

Crassispira lozoueti
Protoconch and shell of Crassispira lozoueti (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. lozoueti
Binomial name
Crassispira lozoueti
(Tucker & Le Renard, 1993)

Distribution

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

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Crassispira lozoueti
  • TuckerJ.K. & Le Renard J, 1993: Liste bibliographique des Turridae (Gastropoda, Conacea) du Paléogène de l'Angleterre, de la Belgique et de la France. Cossmanniana, 2 (1-2) : 1-66
  • 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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