Crassispira armoricensis

Crassispira armoricensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Crassispira armoricensis
Shells of † Crassispira armoricensis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
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. armoricensis
Binomial name
Crassispira armoricensis
(Cossmann, 1896)
Synonyms

Drillia (Crassispira) armoricensis Cossmann, 1896

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in Loire-Atlantique, France

References

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  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Tome 1, fascicule 2. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, t. 6, vol. 4, p. 180-246