Crassispira cerithoidea

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

Crassispira cerithoidea
Shell of Crassispira cerithoidea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. cerithoidea
Binomial name
Crassispira cerithoidea
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira (Dallspira) cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Drillia cerithoidea Carpenter, 1857

Description

The length varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Panama

References
  1. Crassispira cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Crassispira cerithoidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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