Crassispira capella Olsson 1930 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164

Belongs to Crassispira according to A. A. Olsson 1930

Sister taxa: Clavus (Crassispira) bravinderi, Crassispira (Burchia), Crassispira (Crassispira), Crassispira (Crassispirella), Crassispira (Tripia), Crassispira abundans, Crassispira apicata, Crassispira bottae, Crassispira conica, Crassispira fuscescens, Crassispira guayana, Crassispira kachhensis, Crassispira losquemadica, Crassispira luctuosa, Crassispira maonisriparum, Crassispira olcesensis, Crassispira perrugata, Crassispira ponida, Crassispira seminflata, Crassispira starri, Crassispira tyloessa, Crassispira woodringi, Drillia (Crassispira) bataviana, Drillia (Crassispira) birmanica, Drillia (Crassispira) constricta, Drillia (Crassispira) dalabeensis, Drillia (Crassispira) iravadica, Drillia (Crassispira) kamaensis, Drillia (Crassispira) logani, Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica, Drillia (Crassispira) mindegyiensi, Drillia (Crassispira) myaukmigonensis, Drillia (Crassispira) promensis, Drillia (Crassispira) subbataviana, Drillia (Crassispira) subpromensis, Drillia (Crassispira) tittabweensis, Drillia (Crassispira) woodringi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Talara Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas

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