Crassispira vexillum

Crassispira vexillum
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira vexillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Crassispira
Species: C. vexillum
Binomial name
Crassispira vexillum
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira (Crassiclava) vexillum (Reeve, 1845)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pleurotoma vexillum Reeve, 1845 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

The shell is closely ribbed, and with revolving ridges at the base. The color of the shell is yellowish, the lower half of the body-whorl, and a narrow lower portion of those of the spire chocolate-brown.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Barbuda and St. Vincent

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira vexillum (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577702 on 2018-07-24
  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.
  • Fallon P.J. (2011) Descriptions and illustrations of some new and poorly known turrids (Gastropoda: Turridae) of the tropical northwestern Atlantic. Part 3. Genus Crassispira Swainson, 1840, subgenus Crassiclava McLean, 1971. The Nautilus 125(2): 53-62
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Crassispira vexillum
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