Biology:Crassispira carbonaria

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Crassispira carbonaria
Crassispira carbonaria 001.jpg
Shell of Crassispira carbonaria (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. carbonaria
Binomial name
Crassispira carbonaria
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma carbonaria Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) carbonaria Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma salsipotens Rochebrune, 1883

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 35 mm.

The shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs are low, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae. The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines. The shell is chocolate-colored.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Africa, Gabon, Senegal and Guinea Bissau

References

  • Reeve, Lovell. Conchologia Iconica: Or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals: I. Reeve, 1843.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
  • Nolf, F., 2009. Crassispira pseudocarbonaria: a new turrid from the Gulf of Guinea. Neptunea 8(1): 1-18

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3723363 entry