Crassispira sulcata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1] Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

Crassispira sulcata
Shells of † Crassispira sulcata (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. sulcata
Binomial name
Crassispira sulcata
(Lamarck, 1804)
Synonyms

Drillia (Tripia) sulcata (Lamarck, 1804)

Subspecies
  • Crassispira (Tripia) sulcata adriani (Dollfus, 1899) (synonyms:Pleurotoma dollfusi de Boury non Vincent, 1878, Pleurotoma adriani Dollfus, 1899; Drillia (Tripia) adriani (Dollfus, 1899), Crassispira (Tripia) quoniamensis (Boussac in Périer, 1995) [2]
  • Crassispira (Tripia) sulcata costaria (G.P. Deshayes, 1834) (synonyms: Drillia (Crassispira) costaria (Lamarck, 1804); Drillia (Tripia) costaria (Lamarck, 1804))

References edit

  1. ^ MNHN: Crassispira sulcata
  2. ^ Pacaud, Jean-Michel, and Daniel Ledon. "Sur les espèces de mollusques du Ludien (Priabonien, Eocène supérieur) du bassin de Paris introduites par Périer en 1941." Cossmanniana, 11 (1-4): 7 25 (2007).

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