Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 116197

Alternative combinations: Drillia (Crassispira) kachhensis, Drillia kachhensis

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350

Belongs to Crassispira according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Clavus (Crassispira) bravinderi, Crassispira (Burchia), Crassispira (Crassispira), Crassispira (Crassispirella), Crassispira (Tripia), Crassispira abundans, Crassispira apicata, Crassispira bottae, Crassispira capella, Crassispira conica, Crassispira fuscescens, Crassispira guayana, 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: Unknown number, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell 11.5 x 4.0