Biology:Crassispira laevisulcata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Crassispira laevisulcata
Crassispira laevisulcata 002.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira laevisulcata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. laevisulcata
Binomial name
Crassispira laevisulcata
Von Maltzan, 1883

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

Description

The shells of most species of sea snails are spirally coiled. The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Morocco and Senegal.

References

  • von Maltzan, H.F. (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 10, 115–135, pl. 3.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3718055 entry