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Crassispira woodringi

Crassispira woodringi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in Northern Peru; age range: 40.4 to 37.2 Ma. The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.

† Crassispira woodringi <small>(A. Dey, 1961)</small> (synonym: † Drillia (Crassispira) woodringi <small>Dey 1961</small> is a junior homonym.

References

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