Crassispira woodringi

Crassispira woodringi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. woodringi
Binomial name
	Crassispira woodringi; A.A. Olsson, 1930

Last updated January 02, 2026

Crassispira woodringi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1] Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in Northern Peru; age range: 40.4 to 37.2 Ma. The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.

† Crassispira woodringi(A. Dey, 1961) (synonym: † Drillia (Crassispira) woodringiDey 1961 is a junior homonym.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Fossilworks: Crassispira woodringi
↑ A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36
↑ Fossilworks: † Drillia (Crassispira) woodringi Dey 1961
↑ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Crassispira woodringi A. Dey, 1961

A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164

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[1] Fossilworks: Crassispira woodringi

[2] A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36

[3] Fossilworks: † Drillia (Crassispira) woodringi Dey 1961

[4] Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Crassispira woodringi A. Dey, 1961

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