Crassispira appressa
Crassispira appressa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Crassispira appressa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. appressa |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira appressa (Carpenter, 1864) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 7.5 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico
References
- Crassispira appressa (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Carpenter. Ann. Mag. N. H., 1864, xiv, p. 46
- Carpenter P. (1872) The Mollusks of Western North America, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Crassispira (Monilispira) appressa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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