Crassispira mekranica

Crassispira mekranica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade: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

  1. ↑ Fossilworks: Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica
  • 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


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