Crassispira cerithoidea

Crassispira cerithoidea
Shell of Crassispira cerithoidea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. cerithoidea
Binomial name
Crassispira cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
Crassispira (Dallspira) cerithoidea (Carpenter, 1857) Drillia cerithoidea Carpenter, 1857

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

Description[edit]

The length varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

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Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Panama

References[edit]

• Carpenter P.P. (1857) - Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan shells in the British Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links[edit]

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Crassispira cerithoidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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