Crassispira terebra

Crassispira terebra
	Shells of Crassispira terebra (specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. terebra
Binomial name
	Crassispira terebra; (de Basterot, 1825)
Synonyms
	† Drillia losquemadica (B. de Basterot, 1825); † Pleurotoma terebra B. de Basterot, 1825;

Crassispira terebra 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 28 mm.

Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

Basterot, B. de. Description géologique du Bassin Tertiaire du Sud-Ouest de la France: Mémoires de la Sociéte d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 1825.
Lozouet (P.), 2017 Les Conoidea de l’Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l’Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana, t. 19, p. 1-179

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