Crassispira lepta
Extinct species of gastropod
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Crassispira lepta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1] Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.
| Crassispira lepta | |
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| Shells of † Crassispira lepta (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. lepta |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira lepta (Edwards, 1861) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Subspecies: Crassispira lepta leptoides (de Boury, 1899) (synonym: Drillia (Crassispira) leptoides (de Boury, 1899)
