Crassispira hanleyi

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

Crassispira hanleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. hanleyi
Binomial name
Crassispira hanleyi
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms

Drillia hanleyi Carpenter, 1857

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm

This subacuminate, black shell is known by the fine costae, continued nearly to the base and the infrasutural keel.[2]

Distribution

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

References
  1. "Crassispira hanleyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. Carpenter P.P. (1857) - Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan shells in the British Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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