Crassispira chacei

Crassispira chacei is a species of marine gastropod in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Crassispira chacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. chacei
Binomial name
Crassispira chacei
Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Description

It has a stout, brownish shell and resembles Crassispira turricula. The shell is 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long, and 11 mm (0.43 in) wide.[2] The specific epithet chacei commemorates Fenner A. Chace Jr..[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the southern part of the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico

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References
  1. J. Tucker (2010). P. Bouchet, S. Gofas & G. Rosenberg (ed.). "Crassispira chacei Hertlein & Strong, 1951". World Marine Mollusca database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  2. A. Myra Keen (1958). Sea shells of tropical west America: marine mollusks from Lower California to Columbia. Stanford University Press.
  3. Hans G. Hansson. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Göteborgs Universitet. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2010.


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