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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. perrugata
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira perrugata (Dall, 1890)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Drillia abundans perrugata Dall, 1890 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 29.5 mm, its diameter 9.5 mm.
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Distribution edit
Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata in Florida and North Carolina, USA; age range: 2.588 to 0.781 Ma
References edit
- W.H. Dall (1890), Wagner Free Inst. Sci. Trans. vol. 3 pt 1, p. 31
- 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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