Crassispira starri

Crassispira starri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Crassispira
Species: C. starri
Binomial name
Crassispira starri
L.G. Hertlein, 1927

Crassispira starri 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 10 mm, its diameter 8.4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Baja California, Mexico; age range: 23.03 to 15.97 Ma

References

  • L. G. Hertlein. 1927. Paleontology of the Miocene of Lower California. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 16(19):605-647


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