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

Crassispira nana
Shells of †Crassispira nana (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. nana
Binomial name
Crassispira nana
(G.P. Deshayes, 1834 )
Synonyms
  • Crassispira (Tripia) nana (Deshayes, 1834)
  • Crassispira (Tripia) margaritula mesomorpha Cossmann,.1889
  • Drillia (Tripla) mesomorpha Cossmann, 1889

Subspecies: †Crassispira nana clarae (A.E.M. Cossmann & G. Pissarro, 1913) (Eocene strata in the Paris Basin) (synonym: Crassispira (Tripia) clarae (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1913) )

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

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