Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Alternative spellings: Crassispirella, Turris (Crassispirella)
Parent taxon: Crassispira according to W. P. Woodring 1970
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Clavus (Crassispira) bravinderi, Crassispira (Burchia), Crassispira (Crassispira), Crassispira (Tripia), Crassispira abundans, Crassispira apicata, Crassispira bottae, Crassispira capella, Crassispira conica, Crassispira fuscescens, Crassispira guayana, Crassispira kachhensis, Crassispira losquemadica, Crassispira luctuosa, Crassispira maonisriparum, Crassispira martinensis, 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
Subtaxa: Crassispira (Crassispirella) cymation Crassispira (Crassispirella) hispaniolae Crassispira (Crassispirella) jamaicensis Crassispira (Crassispirella) ritanida Crassispira (Crassispirella) rugitecta Crassispira (Crassispirella) tyloessa
Type: Turris (Crassispirella) rugitecta
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (4)
• Miocene of Panama (5), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Florida, Mississippi)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence