Biology:Crassispira consociata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Crassispira consociata
Drawing of a shell of Crassispira consociata
Scientific classification edit
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Caenogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Neogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Conoidea
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Pseudomelatomidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Crassispira
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Binomial name
Crassispira consociata
(E.A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia consociata Smith E.A., 1877
  • Pleurotoma consociata Smith E. A., 1877

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 24 mm. The yellowish brown whorls are doubly carinated at the suture, below which the surface is concave to the periphery. The six longitudinal ribs are strong and crossed by raised revolving lines ; yellowish brown.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Angola.

References

  • E. A. Smith. Ann. Mag. N. H., 1877, p. 496
  • Smith, Edgar A. "XLIX. Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidæ in the British Museum." Journal of Natural History 19.114 (1877): 488–501.

Wikidata ☰ Q3719896 entry