Crassispira callosa
| Crassispira callosa | |
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| Shell of Crassispira callosa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. callosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840)
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Crassispira callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[2]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.
The chocolate-colored shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs lare ow, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae. The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines.[3]
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola
References[edit]
- ^ Kiener, L.-C. (1840). "Pleurotome calleux, Pleurotoma callosa". Genre Pleurotome. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Famille des canalifères. Première Partie. Vol. 2. Paris: Rousseau; J.-B. Baillière. pp. 50–51. Pl. 18, Fig. 1.
- ^ a b Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
External links[edit]
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Crassispira callosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.