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Crassispira dysoni

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Crassispira dysoni
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. dysoni
Binomial name
Crassispira dysoni
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira (Gibbasoira) dysoni (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma dysoni Reeve, 1846

Crassispira dysoni 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 varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea from Mexico to Colombia, in particular off Panama.

References

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  1. ^ a b Crassispira dysoni (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 34-40
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  • Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • "Crassispira (Gibbaspira) dysoni". 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.
  • J. Espinosa et al. Nuevas species y nuevos registros de moluscos gasteropodos (Mollusca, Gastropoda) marinos de la region oriental de Cuba; Avicennia 21: 59-67, 2017