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Crassispira borealis

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Crassispira borealis
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. borealis
Binomial name
Crassispira borealis
(F. Kautsky, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotomoides borealis F. Kautsky, 1925

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils have been found in Pliocene and Miocene strata of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Denmark and Romania

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