Crassispira chacei
Crassispira chacei is a species of marine gastropod in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Crassispira chacei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. chacei |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira chacei Hertlein & Strong, 1951 | |
Description
It has a stout, brownish shell and resembles Crassispira turricula. The shell is 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long, and 11 mm (0.43 in) wide.[2] The specific epithet chacei commemorates Fenner A. Chace Jr..[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the southern part of the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico
References
- J. Tucker (2010). P. Bouchet, S. Gofas & G. Rosenberg (ed.). "Crassispira chacei Hertlein & Strong, 1951". World Marine Mollusca database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- A. Myra Keen (1958). Sea shells of tropical west America: marine mollusks from Lower California to Columbia. Stanford University Press.
- Hans G. Hansson. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Göteborgs Universitet. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Crassispira chacei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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