Biology:Crassispira chacei
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Crassispira chacei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. chacei
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira chacei Hertlein & Strong, 1951
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ A. Myra Keen (1958). Sea shells of tropical west America: marine mollusks from Lower California to Columbia. Stanford University Press.
- ↑ Hans G. Hansson. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". University of Gothenburg. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.c.html.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
- "Crassispira chacei" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_20739.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3172824 entry
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