Crassispira carbonaria

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Crassispira carbonaria
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Shell of Crassispira carbonaria (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. carbonaria
Binomial name
Crassispira carbonaria
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma carbonariaReeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) carbonariaReeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma salsipotensRochebrune, 1883

Crassispira carbonaria 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 18 mm and 35 mm.

The shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs are low, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae . The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines. The shell is chocolate-colored. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Africa, Gabon, Senegal and Guinea Bissau

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