Crassispira lyopleura is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Crassispira lyopleura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. lyopleura
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira lyopleura McNeil, 1984
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 17 mm.
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Distribution edit
Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Mississippi, USA
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