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Crassispira rustica

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Species of gastropod

Crassispira rustica
Original image of a shell of Crassispira rustica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species: C. rustica
Binomial name
Crassispira rustica
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma rustica Sowerby I, 1834

Crassispira rustica, common name the rustic pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

(Original description) The rude, rather thick shell is oblong, pyramidal and brownish black. The whorls are keeled near the suture, longitudinally ribbed below. The ribs are numerous and sharp; the ribs of the body whorl flowing down, crossed with lines. The aperture is short. The siphonal canal is very short. The sinus is rounded.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Colombia to Panama

References

  1. ^ Crassispira rustica (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals; Reeve, Lovell, Brooks, Vincent, Reeve, Frederic, Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), Taylor, John Edward, Reeve Benham & Reeve, Savill, Edwards and Co., Spottiswoode & Co. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, ; vol.1 (1843) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • G.B. Sowerby I (1833), Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 138

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Taxon identifiers
Crassispira rustica
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