Crassispira sacerdotalis

Crassispira sacerdotalis
Shell of Crassispira sacerdotalis (paratype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Crassispira
Species: C. sacerdotalis
Binomial name
Crassispira sacerdotalis
Rolan & Fernandes, 1992

Crassispira sacerdotalis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira sacerdotalis Rolan & Fernandes, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405002 on 2018-08-15
  • Rolàn, E. & Fernandes, F., 1993. - Aportaciones al conocimiento de la familia Turridae Swainson, 1840 (Molusca, Gastropoda) en las islas de Sâo Tomé y Principe (Golfo de Guinea). Nova Acta Cientifica Compostelana (Bioloxia) 3("1992"): 135-143
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Crassispira sacerdotalis


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