Crassispira terebra explained

Crassispira terebra 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 28 mm. William Swainson, an English malacologist, published a book in 1840 in which he describes this genus of molluscs as having a "shell tuberculated", being "club-shaped" and its "aperture widest in the middle."^[2]

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

• Basterot, B. de. Description géologique du Bassin Tertiaire du Sud-Ouest de la France: Mémoires de la Sociéte d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 1825.
• Lozouet (P.), 2017 Les Conoidea de l’Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l’Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana, t. 19, p. 1-179

External links

• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Drillia terebra

Notes and References

1. https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/a58105?listIndex=58&listCount=147 MNHN, Paris: Crassispira terebra
2. Book: Swainson, William . Treatise on Malacology; or, the natural classification of shells and shell fish. By William Swainson ... . Swainson . William . Berry . S. Stillman . 1840 . Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans [etc.] . London.