Crassispira mausseneti
| Crassispira mausseneti | |
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| Shells of Crassispira mausseneti (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. mausseneti
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira mausseneti (Cossmann, 1889)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Drillia (Crassispira) mausseneti Cossmann, 1889 | |
Crassispira mausseneti is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 5 mm and a diameter of 2 mm. It lived in marine environments.[2]
"Small, short shell, with a conoid and obtuse apex, composed of slightly convex whorls, slightly excavated at the back, separated by a suture accompanied by a prominent and almost smooth rim, adorned with small curved ribs crenellating four prominent cords and giving the surface a rough appearance that persists on the last whorl; this is almost equal to half the length, attenuated at the base, which bears four or five smooth and spaced keels, crossed by fine and sinuous folds; opening small, rounded; canal wide and short, barely inflected."[3]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.
References
[edit]- ^ MNHN, Paris: Crassispira hypermeces
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ Crossman (1889). "Annals of the Royal Malacological Society of Belgium". Annals of the Royal Malacological Society of Belgium. 24: 280 – via Biodiversity Library.
- Cossmann (M.), 1889 Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris (4ème fascicule). Annales de la Société royale Malacologique de Belgique, t. 24, p. 3-385
- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
- Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
External links
[edit]- MNHN, Paris : Drillia (Crassispira) mausseneti
- Pacaud J.M. & Le Renard J. (1995). Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. IV- Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana. 3(4): 151-187
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