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Crassispira aurea

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

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Tahiti and in the Society, Tuamotus and Gambier archipelagoes.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira aurea Kantor, Stahlschmidt, Aznar-Cormano, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=894271 on 2018-07-28
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  • "Crassispira aurea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.