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Crassispira hondurasensis

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Crassispira hondurasensis
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira hondurasensis
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. hondurasensis
Binomial name
Crassispira hondurasensis
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia hondurasensis (Reeve, 1846)

Crassispira hondurasensis 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 8 mm.

The whorls are nodosely ribbed, with revolving striae, and a smooth space below the sutures. it is alternately banded with yellow and ash-color.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Honduras

References

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  1. ^ a b {MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira hondurasensis (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532675 on 2018-07-23
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 34-40
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Crassispira hondurasensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.