Crassispira perrugata
Extinct species of gastropod
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Crassispira perrugata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Crassispira perrugata | |
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| Shell of Crassispira perrugata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. perrugata |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira perrugata (Dall, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
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† Drillia abundans perrugata Dall, 1890 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 29.5 mm, its diameter 9.5 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata in Florida and North Carolina, United States; age range: 2.588 to 0.781 Ma
