Crassispira ritanida

Crassispira ritanida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Crassispira
Species: C. ritanida
Binomial name
Crassispira ritanida
(W.C. Mansfield, 1925)
Synonyms

† Drillia (Crassispirella) ritanida W.C. Mansfield, 1925

Crassispira ritanida 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 8.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata in Trinidad and Tobago; age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma.

References

  1. ↑ Fossilworks: Drillia ritanida
  • W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125


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