Crassispira ritanida

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

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

Crassispira ritanida is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

## Distribution

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

## References

1. ↑ Fossilworks: Drillia ritanida

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

## External links

* Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Crassispira ritanida

Wikidata ☰ Q57830930 entry

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