Crassispira margaritula

Crassispira margaritula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1] Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Eocene strata of the Paris Basin, France.

Crassispira margaritula
Shells of Crassispira margaritula (specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. margaritula
Binomial name
Crassispira margaritula
(Deshayes, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Drillia (Tripia) margaritula (Desheyes, 1834)

References


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