Biology:Crassispira chacei

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Crassispira chacei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. chacei
Binomial name
Crassispira chacei
Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Crassispira chacei is a species of marine gastropod in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

It has a stout, brownish shell and resembles Crassispira turricula. The shell is 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long, and 11 mm (0.43 in) wide.[2] The specific epithet chacei commemorates Fenner A. Chace Jr.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the southern part of the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico

References

  1. J. Tucker (2010). "Crassispira chacei Hertlein & Strong, 1951". in P. Bouchet, S. Gofas & G. Rosenberg. World Marine Mollusca database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432645. 
  2. A. Myra Keen (1958). Sea shells of tropical west America: marine mollusks from Lower California to Columbia. Stanford University Press. 
  3. Hans G. Hansson. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Göteborgs Universitet. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.c.html. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3172824 entry