Crassispira pluto

Crassispira pluto
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira pluto
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Crassispira
Species: C. pluto
Binomial name
Crassispira pluto
Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932
Synonyms

Crassispira (Monilispira) pluto Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico down to Panama

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Crassispira pluto



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