Crassispira aurea
Crassispira aurea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Crassispira aurea | |
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| Shells of Crassispira aurea (museum specimens at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. aurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira aurea Kantor, Stahlschmidt, Aznar-Cormano, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2017 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 20 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Tahiti and in the Society, Tuamotus and Gambier archipelagoes.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira aurea Kantor, Stahlschmidt, Aznar-Cormano, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=894271 on 2018-07-28
- Kantor Y.I., Stahlschmidt P., Aznar-Cormano L., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2017). Too familiar to be questioned? Revisiting the Crassispira cerithina species complex (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 83 (1): 43-55
- Tröndle, J. & Boutet, M. 2009. Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia. Atoll Research Bulletin, 570: 1–87 (as Crassispira cerithina)
External links
- "Crassispira aurea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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