Crassispira starri
Crassispira starri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. starri
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Binomial name | |
Crassispira starri L.G. Hertlein, 1927
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Crassispira starri is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1] mollusk in the family
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 8.4 mm.
Distribution[]
Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Baja California, Mexico; age range: 23.03 to 15.97 Ma
References[]
- L. G. Hertlein. 1927. Paleontology of the Miocene of Lower California. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 16(19):605-647
Categories:
- Crassispira
- Gastropods described in 1927
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs
- Prehistoric gastropod stubs