Crassispira appressa

Short description: Species of gastropod

Crassispira appressa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:  | Crassispira
Species:  |

C. appressa

Binomial name
Crassispira appressa

(Carpenter, 1864)

Synonyms[1]

* Crassispira (Monilispira) appressa (Carpenter, 1864)
* Drillia appressa Carpenter, 1864

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

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The length of the shell varies between 7.5 mm and 12 mm.

## Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crassispira appressa (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

* Carpenter. Ann. Mag. N. H., 1864, xiv, p. 46
* Carpenter P. (1872) The Mollusks of Western North America, Smithsonian Institution, Washington This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
* "Crassispira (Monilispira) appressa" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_20727.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q3176459 entry

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