Crassispira mekranica

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Crassispira mekranica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. mekranica
Binomial name
Crassispira mekranica
(Vredenburg 1925)
Synonyms
  • Drillia (Crassispira) mekranicaVredenburg 1925

Crassispira mekranica 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

The length of the shell attains 21 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Tertiary strata of Northwest India.

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