Crassispira cerithoidea

Crassispira cerithoidea
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira cerithoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Crassispira
Species: C. cerithoidea
Binomial name
Crassispira cerithoidea
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira (Dallspira) cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Drillia cerithoidea Carpenter, 1857

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

Description

The length varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Panama

References

  1. 1 2 Crassispira cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Crassispira cerithoidea


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