Crassispira tyloessa
| Crassispira tyloessa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. tyloessa
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira tyloessa W. P. Woodring, 1970
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| Synonyms | |
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† Crassispira (Crassispirella) tyloessa Woodring 1970 | |
Crassispira tyloessa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 13.4 mm, its diameter 5.8 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Panama; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma.
References[edit]
- W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452
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