Crassispira annella explained
Crassispira annella is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 8 mm; its diameter 3 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation of Jamaica; also on Saint Thomas; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma
References
- Woodring . W.P. . Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results. . Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication . 1928 . 385 . VII . 158 . 2024-06-26.
- W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452
- A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/5346000640.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Crassispira annella
