Crassispira tyloessa
| Crassispira tyloessa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. tyloessa |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira tyloessa W.P. Woodring, 1970 | |
| Synonyms | |
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† Crassispira (Crassispirella) tyloessa Woodring 1970 | |
Crassispira tyloessa 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 13.4 mm, its diameter 5.8 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Panama; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma.
References
- W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452
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