Crassispira tyloessa

Crassispira tyloessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. tyloessa
Binomial name
	Crassispira tyloessa; W. P. Woodring, 1970
Synonyms
	† Crassispira (Crassispirella) tyloessaWoodring 1970Contents Description ; Distribution ; References ;

Last updated January 02, 2026

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

↑ Fossilworks: Crassispira tyloessa

W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining 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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[1] Fossilworks: Crassispira tyloessa

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Crassispira tyloessa

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Description

Distribution

References