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Crassispira mekranica

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Crassispira mekranica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. mekranica
Binomial name
Crassispira mekranica
(Vredenburg 1925)
Synonyms
  • Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica Vredenburg 1925

Crassispira mekranica 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 21 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Tertiary strata of Northwest India.

References

  • E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350