Crassispira cerithoidea
Crassispira cerithoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[2]
| Crassispira cerithoidea | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
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]
References
- Crassispira cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- "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
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.
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