Crassispira cerithoidea

Crassispira cerithoidea
Shell of Crassispira cerithoidea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
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]
Crassispira (Dallspira) cerithoidea(Carpenter, 1857) Drillia cerithoideaCarpenter, 1857

Crassispira cerithoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. ^[2]

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]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Panama. ^[2]

References

1. Crassispira cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
2. "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

• 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.