Biology:Crassispira elatior
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. elatior
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira elatior (C. B. Adams, 1845)
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Crassispira elatior is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
The small, subconical shell contains 6 whorls. It has a whitish color with orange brown brands interrupted by the ribs. The whorls are convex and show 12 not very robust ribs and rather shallow decurrent spirals (on the penultimate whorl 19 ribs and 3 to 4 spirals). The sinus is deep. The outer lip shows a slight varix. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica, Guadeloupe and Saint Martin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Crassispira elatior (C. B. Adams, 1845). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532672 on 2012-07-08
- ↑ C.B. Adams, Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis; Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.v. 2 (1845-1848)
- Fallon P.J. (2011) Descriptions and illustrations of some new and poorly known turrids (Turridae) of the tropical northwestern Atlantic. Part 2. Genus Crassispira Swainson, 1840, subgenera Monilispira Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 and Dallspira Bartsch, 1950. The Nautilus 125(1): 15–28.
External links
- MNHN: specimen
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
- De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
Wikidata ☰ Q3719043 entry
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