Crassispira lagouardensis
| Crassispira lagouardensis | |
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| Shells of Crassispira lagouardensis (holotype 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. lagouardensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira lagouardensis Lozouet, 2015
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Crassispira lagouardensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
This marine gastropod forms part of a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow and high-spired shells.[2] The length of the shell attains 11 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Oligocene and lower Miocene strata in Aquitaine, France
References
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira lagouardensis Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867927 on 2018-08-22
- ^ "Mindat.org". Mindat.org.
- Lozouet P. (2015). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana. 17: 15–84. page(s): 40, pl. 18 figs 9-12