Biology:Crassispira takeokensis

Short description: Species of gastropod

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Crassispira takeokensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. takeokensis
Binomial name
Crassispira takeokensis (Y. Otuka, 1949)
Synonyms
Brachytoma takeokensis Y. Otuka, 1949 Clathrodrillia takeokensis (Y. Otuka, 1949) Ptychobela takeokaensis Otuka, Y., 1949

Crassispira takeokensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan found at depths between 740 m and 1030 m.

References

• Otuka, Y., 1949: Fossil Mollusca and rocks of the Kiyosumi group exposed at Minato-machi, Chiba Prefecture, and its environs (1st paper). Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography, vol. 21, nos. 1–4, pp. 295–309, pl. 13.
• Hasegawa, K., Okutani, T. and E. Tsuchida (2000) Family Turridae. In: Okutani, T. (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 619-667
• Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225-383
• Hasegawa K. & Okutani T. (2011) A review of bathyal shell-bearing gastropods in Sagami Bay. Memoirs of the National Sciences Museum, Tokyo 47: 97-144

External links

• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Crassispira takeokensis

Wikidata ☰ Q13500464 entry