Crassispira hispaniolae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Crassispira hispaniolae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. hispaniolae
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Binomial name | |
Crassispira hispaniolae (Maury 1917)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 3.25 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic: age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma
References
edit- C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43