Crassispira tasconium
Crassispira tasconium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Crassispira tasconium | |
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| Original image of a shell of Crassispira tasconium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. tasconium |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira tasconium (Melvill & Standen, 1901) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Drillia tasconium Melvill & Standen, 1901 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 23 mm, its diameter 9.5 mm.
The fusiform shell is dark white or straw-colored. It contains 8–10 whorls (in the holotype the protoconch is lacking). The suture is profoundly impressed. The whole build of the shell is coarse, though of a light rather than massive consistency. Particularly conspicuous are the spiral sulci deeply furrowing the summit of each whorl, leaving a narrow noduled space between them and the sutures. The ovate aperture has a dark interior. The thin outer lip is slightly expanded. The sinus is wide and deep. The white columella is straight. The siphonal canal is short and straight.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman
References
- Crassispira tasconium (Melvill & Standen, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Melvill & Standen (1901) Mollusks from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 2, 1901
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.