Crassispira luctuosa

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

Crassispira luctuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. luctuosa
Binomial name
Crassispira luctuosa
(d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma luctuosa Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1847

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm..

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cuba and the Virgin Islands

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira luctuosa (d'Orbigny, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532676 on 2018-08-11
  • d'Orbigny, Cat. Cub. Moll. p. 31, no. 370 1847
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.