Crassispira tenuicrenata
| Crassispira tenuicrenata | |
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| Shells of Crassispira tenuicrenata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. tenuicrenata
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira tenuicrenata (Cossmann, 1902)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Drillia tenuicrenata Cossmann, 1902 | |
Crassispira tenuicrenata is an extinct species of sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 10 mm.[1] It likely originated from the Eocene epoch.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils have been found in the Paris Basin, France.[1]
References
[edit]- 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
- Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
External links
[edit]- MNHN: Drillia tenuicrenata
- Pacaud J.M. & Le Renard J. (1995). Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. IV- Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana. 3(4): 151-187
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