Crassispira hondurasensis

Crassispira hondurasensis
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira hondurasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Crassispira
Species: C. hondurasensis
Binomial name
Crassispira hondurasensis
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia hondurasensis'' (Reeve, 1846)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

The whorls are nodosely ribbed, with revolving striae, and a smooth space below the sutures. it is alternately banded with yellow and ash-color.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Honduras

References

  1. 1 2 {MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira hondurasensis (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532675 on 2018-07-23
  2. ↑ 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.
  • Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 34-40
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Crassispira hondurasensis


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