Crassispira consociata

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

Crassispira consociata
Drawing of a shell of Crassispira consociata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. consociata
Binomial name
Crassispira consociata
(E.A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia consociata Smith E.A., 1877
  • Pleurotoma consociata Smith E. A., 1877

Description

The length of the shell attains 24 mm. The yellowish brown whorls are doubly carinated at the suture, below which the surface is concave to the periphery. The six longitudinal ribs are strong and crossed by raised revolving lines ; yellowish brown.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Angola.

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References
  1. Crassispira consociata (E.A. Smith, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Drillia consociata)
  • E. A. Smith. Ann. Mag. N. H., 1877, p. 496
  • Smith, Edgar A. "XLIX. Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidæ in the British Museum." Journal of Natural History 19.114 (1877): 488–501.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
  • "Drillia consociata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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