Crassispira somalica

Crassispira somalica
Shells of Crassispira somalica (specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. somalica
Binomial name
Crassispira somalica

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Somalia and is the first typical Crassispira species found off East Africa.

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira somalica Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740937 on 2018-07-26
  • Morassi M. & Bonfitto A. (2013) Four new African turriform gastropods (Mollusca: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3710(3): 271–280. page(s): 277
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