Crassispira lagouardensis

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Crassispira lagouardensis
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Shells of Crassispira lagouardensis (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. lagouardensis
Binomial name
Crassispira lagouardensis
Lozouet, 2015

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

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Description

This marine gastropod forms part of a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow and high-spired shells. [2] The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Oligocene and lower Miocene strata in Aquitaine, France

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira lagouardensis Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867927 on 2018-08-22
  2. ↑ "Mindat.org". Mindat.org.


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