Crassispira appressa

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

Crassispira appressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. appressa
Binomial name
Crassispira appressa
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira (Monilispira) appressa (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Drillia appressa Carpenter, 1864

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7.5 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Crassispira (Monilispira) appressa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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