Crassispira acuticosta

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Crassispira acuticosta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. acuticosta
Binomial name
Crassispira acuticosta
(Nyst, 1845)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma acuticostaNyst, 1845

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

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Limburg, Belgium.

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