Zonulispira crocata

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Zonulispira crocata
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Shell of Zonulispira crocata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Zonulispira
Species:
Z. crocata
Binomial name
Zonulispira crocata
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Drillia acucinctaW.H. Dall, 1890
  • Drillia crocataL.A. Reeve, 1845 (original combination)
  • Zonulispira sanibelensisBartsch & Rehder, 1939

Zonulispira crocata, common name the Sanibel turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 29 mm.

The shell is pyramidally oblong, transversely elevately striated and longitudinally ribbed. The body whorl is furnished with a small gibbous tubercle. The siphonal canal is very short. The aperture is short. The sinus broad and large. The color of the shell is whitish, covered with a saffron-olive epidermis. [2]

Distribution

Z. crocata can be found off the western coast of Florida to the Florida Keys. [3]

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References

  1. Zonulispira crocata (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.