Crassispira callosa

Crassispira callosa
Shell of Crassispira callosa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Crassispira
Species: C. callosa
Binomial name
Crassispira callosa
(Kiener, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma callosa Kiener, 1840[2]
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) callosa (Kiener, 1840)

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

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. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola

References

  1. 1 2 Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Kiener, L.-C. (1840). "Pleurotome calleux, Pleurotoma callosa". Genre Pleurotome. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Famille des canalifères. Premiére Partie. 2. Paris: Rousseau; J.-B. Baillière. pp. 50–51. Pl. 18, Fig. 1.
  3. ↑ 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 [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Crassispira callosa
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