Crassispira tyloessa

Extinct species of gastropod

Crassispira tyloessa

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

Binomial name
Crassispira tyloessa

W. P. Woodring, 1970

Synonyms

† Crassispira (Crassispirella) tyloessa Woodring 1970

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

## Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 13.4 mm, its diameter 5.8 mm.

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## Distribution[edit]

Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Panama; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Fossilworks: Crassispira tyloessa

* W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q57830966
* Fossilworks: 188731
* GBIF: 8626187

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