Crassispira ritanida

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Crassispira ritanida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. ritanida
Binomial name
Crassispira ritanida
(W.C. Mansfield, 1925)
Synonyms

Drillia (Crassispirella) ritanidaW.C. Mansfield, 1925

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Crassispira ritanida 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 8.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata in Trinidad and Tobago; age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma.

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