Crassispira turricula

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Crassispira turricula
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Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira turricula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. turricula
Binomial name
Crassispira turricula
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms [1]
  • Crassispira sowerbyiReeve, 1843
  • Crassispira (Crassiclava) turricula(G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Drillia corrugata(G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Drillia sowerbyi(Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma corrugataG.B. Sowerby I, 1834
  • Pleurotoma sowerbyiReeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma turriculaSowerby I, 1834

Crassispira turricula, common name the turriculated pleurotoma, 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 21 mm and 45 mm.

(Original description) The brown shell is sharply pyramidal. The upper part of the whorls is tuberculated. The tubercles are arranged in a single row. The lower part of the whorls is longitudinally ribbed, the ribs decussated. The interior of the aperture is blackish purple. The siphonal canal is short. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador.

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