Crassispira cerithoidea

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

Crassispira cerithoidea
Shell of Crassispira cerithoidea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. cerithoidea
Binomial name
Crassispira cerithoidea
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira (Dallspira) cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Drillia cerithoidea Carpenter, 1857

Description

The length varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Panama

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References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Crassispira cerithoidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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