Crassispira unicolor

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Crassispira unicolor
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Original image of a shell of Crassispira unicolor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. unicolor
Binomial name
Crassispira unicolor
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms [1]
  • Crassispira (Burchia) unicolor(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Crassispira erebusPilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 junior subjective synonym
  • Crassispira tangolaensisHertlein, L.G. & A.M. Strong, 1951
  • Pleurotoma unicolorSowerby I, 1834

Crassispira unicolor, common name the uniformly coloured 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 14 mm and 22 mm.

(Original description) The rather thick shell is oblong, pyramidal and pale brownish black. The whorls are smooth, encircled with a single row of granules near the suture, longitudinally ribbed below. The aperture is short. The siphonal canal is very short. The sinus is rounded. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama.

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