Crassispira cerithina

Crassispira cerithina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Crassispira cerithina
Shell of Crassispira cerithina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. cerithina
Binomial name
Crassispira cerithina
(Anton, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia (Crassispira) digitalis (Reeve, 1843)
  • Inquisitor cerithina Kilburn, 1988
  • Pleurotoma cerithina Anton, 1838 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma digitale Reeve, 1843
  • Turridrupa cerithina (Anton, 1838)

Kantor et al. showed in 2017 that this species actually forms a species complex and recognized two new species; Crassispira aurea and Crassispira procera [2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 24 mm.

The shell is dark chocolate, covered by rows of lighter colored granulations, caused by the decussation of small flexuous rather numerous longitudinal ribs and elevated revolving lines. The aperture is light chocolate.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off Mauritius, the Philippines, Japan, the Fiji Islands and off Queensland, Australia.

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References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira cerithina (Anton, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719355 on 2018-07-29
  3. 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. (described as Drillia digitalis)
  • Anton, H.E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle : Eduard Anton xvi + 110 pp.
  • Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 1–18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1967. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The Turrinae concluded. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 409-443, pls 298-317
  • Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • 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 cerithina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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