Crassispira tuckeri

Crassispira tuckeri 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 Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

Crassispira tuckeri
Shells of † Crassispira tuckeri (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. tuckeri
Binomial name
Crassispira tuckeri
Le Renard, 1994
Synonyms
  • Drillia inflexa (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Drillia (Crassispira) inflexa dubia (Defrance in Deshayes, 1834)

Crassispira tuckeri Bonfitto & Morassi, 2004 is an invalid junior homonym; Crassispira tuckerana is a replacement name.

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