Crassispira angulosa
| Crassispira angulosa | |
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| Shells of †Crassispira angulosa (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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† 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
The length of the shell attains 6.8 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.
References
- 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crassispira angulosa.
- 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