Crassispira callosa

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Crassispira callosa
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Shell of Crassispira callosa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. callosa
Binomial name
Crassispira callosa
(Kiener, 1840)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma callosaKiener, 1840 [2]
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) callosa(Kiener, 1840)

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.

The chocolate-colored shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs lare ow, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae . The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola

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References

  1. 1 2 Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
  2. Kiener, L.-C. (1840). "Pleurotome calleux, Pleurotoma callosa". Genre Pleurotome. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Famille des canalifères. Première Partie. 2. Paris: Rousseau; J.-B. Baillière. pp. 50–51. Pl. 18, Fig. 1.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.