Crassiclava balteata

Crassiclava balteata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Crassiclava balteata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassiclava
Species:
C. balteata
Binomial name
Crassiclava balteata
Kilburn, 1988

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.5 mm, its diameter 5.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

References

  • Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167-320. page(s): 243, figs 185-186
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.



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