Crassispira sanctistephani

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

Crassispira sanctistephani
Shell of † Crassispira sanctistephani (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. sanctistephani
Binomial name
Crassispira sanctistephani
Lozouet, 2017

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira sanctistephani Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055232 on 2018-08-27
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3-180


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