Crassispira Ritanida

Crassispira ritanida
Scientific classification
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) ritanida W.C. Mansfield, 1925

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

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.

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

W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125

Wikidata ☰ Q57830930 entry

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