Crassispira hondurasensis

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

Crassispira hondurasensis
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira hondurasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. hondurasensis
Binomial name
Crassispira hondurasensis
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia hondurasensis'' (Reeve, 1846)

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

The whorls are nodosely ribbed, with revolving striae, and a smooth space below the sutures. it is alternately banded with yellow and ash-color.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Honduras

References

  • Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 34-40
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Crassispira hondurasensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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