Crassispira scala
Crassispira scala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Crassispira scala | |
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| Shells of Crassispira scala (museum specimens at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. scala |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira scala Kantor, Stahlschmidt, Aznar-Cormano, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2017 | |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Micronesia
References
- Kantor Y.I., Stahlschmidt P., Aznar-Cormano L., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2017). Too familiar to be questioned? Revisiting the Crassispira cerithina species complex (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 83 (1): 43-55. page(s): 47, figs 3C-D, 4-5
External links
- Gastropods.com: Crassispira scala
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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