Crassispira (Crassispirella) tyloessa Woodring 1970 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452

Belongs to Crassispira (Crassispirella) according to W. P. Woodring 1970

Sister taxa: Crassispira (Crassispirella) cymation, Crassispira (Crassispirella) hispaniolae, Crassispira (Crassispirella) jamaicensis, Crassispira (Crassispirella) ritanida, Crassispira (Crassispirella) rugitecta

Type specimen: USNM 645783, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Woodring Loc. 139c - eastern area [lower Gatun Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

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