Crassispira hanleyi

Crassispira hanleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Crassispira
Species: C. hanleyi
Binomial name
Crassispira hanleyi
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms

Drillia hanleyi Carpenter, 1857

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm

This subacuminate, black shell is known by the fine costae, continued nearly to the base and the infrasutural keel. [2]

Distribution

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

References

  1. ↑ Gastropods.com: Crassispira hanleyi
  2. ↑ Carpenter P.P. (1857) - Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan shells in the British Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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