Crassispira perrugata explained

Crassispira perrugata 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 29.5 mm, its diameter 9.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata in Florida and North Carolina, USA; age range: 2.588 to 0.781 Ma

References

• W.H. Dall (1890), Wagner Free Inst. Sci. Trans. vol. 3 pt 1, p. 31
• J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310

External links

• Fossilshells.nl: Crassispira perrugata

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=108731 Fossilworks: Crassispira perrugata