Crassispira rustica
| Crassispira rustica | |
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| Original image of a shell of Crassispira rustica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. rustica
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira rustica (Sowerby I, 1834)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma rustica Sowerby I, 1834 | |
Crassispira rustica, common name the rustic pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 22 mm.
(Original description) The rude, rather thick shell is oblong, pyramidal and brownish black. The whorls are keeled near the suture, longitudinally ribbed below. The ribs are numerous and sharp; the ribs of the body whorl flowing down, crossed with lines. The aperture is short. The siphonal canal is very short. The sinus is rounded.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Colombia to Panama
References
[edit]- ^ a b Crassispira rustica (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals; Reeve, Lovell, Brooks, Vincent, Reeve, Frederic, Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), Taylor, John Edward, Reeve Benham & Reeve, Savill, Edwards and Co., Spottiswoode & Co. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, ; vol.1 (1843)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- G.B. Sowerby I (1833), Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 138
External links
[edit]- 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 rustica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Biolib.cz: Crassispira rustica