Biology:Crassispira scala

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Crassispira scala
Crassispira scala 001.jpg
Shells of Crassispira scala (museum specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. scala
Binomial name
Crassispira scala
Kantor, Stahlschmidt, Aznar-Cormano, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2017

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines , Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Micronesia

References

  1. Kantor Y.I., Stahlschmidt P., Aznar-Cormano L., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2017). Too familiar to be questioned? Revisiting the Crassispira cerithina species complex (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 83 (1): 43-55. page(s): 47, figs 3C-D, 4-5

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q56275082 entry