| Crassispira callosa | |
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| Shell of Crassispira callosa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. callosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840) | |
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Crassispira callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.
The chocolate-colored shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs lare ow, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae. The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola
References
- Kiener, L.-C. (1840). "Pleurotome calleux, Pleurotoma callosa". Genre Pleurotome. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Famille des canalifères. Première Partie. Vol. 2. Paris: Rousseau; J.-B. Baillière. pp. 50–51. Pl. 18, Fig. 1.
- ^ Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon . Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Crassispira callosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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| Crassispira callosa | |