Crassispira

Crassispira
Temporal range: Eocene–Present
A shell of Crassispira incrassata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Pleurotoma bottae
Valenciennes in Kiener, 1839
Species

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Synonyms
  • Crassispira (Crassiclava) McLean, 1971· accepted, alternate representation
  • Crassispira (Crassispirella) Bartsch & Rehder, 1939· accepted, alternate representation
  • † Crassispira (Tripia) de Gregorio, 1890 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Drillia (Crassispira) Swainson, 1840
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) Swainson, 1840
  • Striospira Bartsch, 1950 (junior synonym)

Crassispira is a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow, high-spired shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae. They first appeared in the fossil record approximately 48.6 million years ago during the Eocene epoch, and still exist in the present day.

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