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

Crassispira abundans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. abundans
Binomial name
Crassispira abundans
(Conrad 1840)
Synonyms

Drillia abundans Conrad 1840

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Mississippi, USA: age range: 33.9 to 28.4 Ma

References

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  • J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310
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