Crassispira lomata

Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira lomata

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

C. lomata

Binomial name
Crassispira lomata

Woodring 1928

Synonyms

† Crassispira (Crassispira) lomata Woodring 1928

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

## Description

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The length of the shell attains 14.6 mm (0.57 in); its diameter 5.6 mm (0.22 in).

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## Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation of Jamaica, on Saint Thomas in the age range of 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.

## References

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1. ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Crassispira lomata

* W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
* A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.

## External links

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* Fossilworks : Crassispira lomata

Taxon identifiers

Crassispira lomata|

* Wikidata: Q56278629
* GBIF: 4961527
* Open Tree of Life: 2914134
* Paleobiology Database: 107456

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