Crassispira cerithoidea
Appearance
Crassispira cerithoidea | |
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Shell of Crassispira cerithoidea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. cerithoidea
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Binomial name | |
Crassispira cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857)
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Crassispira cerithoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[2]
Description
[edit]A medium-sized shell usually between 10 mm and 17 mm in length. The shell is of drill-like spiral construction with prominent ribs in the bends. It ranges in coloration from dark brown to black. At the base of the shell is a prominent opening from which the organism can feed, excrete waste and sense its surroundings.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Panama.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Crassispira cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Crassispira cerithoidea (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- Carpenter P.P. (1857) - Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan shells in the British Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crassispira cerithoidea.
- 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 cerithoidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.