Biology:Crassispira verbernei
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira verbernei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. verbernei
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| Crassispira verbernei De Jong & Coomans, 1988
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Crassispira verbernei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description
The shell of Crassispira verbernei is typically elongated and conical, exhibiting prominent axial ribs and a moderately high spire. The aperture is narrow. The shell surface is marked by fine, spiral grooves that run along the whorls. The color of the shells can vary, but they often show a whitish to yellowish hue, with darker lines forming around the spiral grooves. The length of the shell attains 4.8 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and the Netherlands Antilles.
References
- ↑ Crassispira verbernei Jong & Coomans, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
- 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
- "Crassispira verbernei" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_23784.shtml.
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q3716237 entry
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