Crassispira angulosa
Appearance
Crassispira angulosa | |
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Shells of †Crassispira angulosa (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. angulosa
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Binomial name | |
Crassispira angulosa (G.P. Deshayes, 1834 )
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Synonyms | |
† Drillia (Tripia) angulosa G.P. Deshayes, 1834 |
Crassispira angulosa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Subspecies: † Crassispira angulosa acyensis (A.E.M. Cossmann, 1889) (synonym: Drillia (Crassispira) angulosa acyensis Cossmann, 1889)
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 6.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.
References
[edit]- Cossmann (M.), 1896 – Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1–179
- Cossmann (M.), 1902 – Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris (3ème appendice). Annales de la Société royale Malacologique de Belgique, t. 36, p. 9–110
- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 – Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46–65
External links
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- MNHN: Drillia angulosa
- Pacaud J.M. & Le Renard J. (1995). Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. IV- Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana. 3(4): 151–187