Crassispira plateaui

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Crassispira plateaui
Crassispira plateaui 001.jpg
Shells of Crassispira plateaui (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. plateaui
Binomial name
Crassispira plateaui
(Cossmann, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Drillia plateaui Cossmann, 1889
  • Drillia (Tripia) plateaui (Cossmann, 1889)

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution[]

Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

References[]

  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132

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