Crassispira hispaniolae

Short description: Extinct species of sea snail

Crassispira hispaniolae

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:  | Crassispira
Species:  |

C. hispaniolae

Binomial name
Crassispira hispaniolae

(Maury 1917)

Synonyms

* † Crassispira (Crassispirella) hispaniolae (Maury 1917)
* † Drillia hispaniolae C.J. Maury, 1917

Crassispira hispaniolae 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 9.5 mm, its diameter 3.25 mm.

## Distribution

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic: age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma

## References

1. ↑ Fossilworks: Crassispira hispaniolae

* C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43

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