''Crassispira contabulata'' is an extinct
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: ''Crassispira contabulata''
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Description
The length of the shell attains 11 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Eocene
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strata in the Paris Basin
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, France.
References
* 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
MNHN: ''Pleurotoma (Oxyacrum) contabulata'' Cossmann, 1889
Pacaud J.M. & Le Renard J. (1995). Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. IV- Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana. 3(4): 151-187
contabulata
Gastropods described in 1889
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