Crassispira erebus

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

Crassispira erebus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. erebus
Binomial name
Crassispira erebus
Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932

Description

The length of the shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Southern Mexico to Nicaragua

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Crassispira erebus


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