Crassispira lavillei

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Crassispira lavillei is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae (the turrids and their relatives). It lived during the Eocene epoch, and fossils have been found in the Paris Basin of France.

Classification: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Mollusca; Class Gastropoda; Subclass Caenogastropoda; Order Neogastropoda; Superfamily Conoidea; Family Pseudomelatomidae; Genus Crassispira; Species lavillei. Binomial name Crassispira lavillei (de Boury, 1899). Synonyms include Crassispira (Tripia) lavillei and Drillia (Tripia) lavillei.