Crassispira flavocarinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Crassispira flavocarinata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. flavocarinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira flavocarinata (Smith E. A., 1882)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Crassispira) flavocarinata Smith E. A., 1882 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
The ovate shell contains 9 whorls. The uniform deep brown or chestnut colour, the very stout yellow keel around the upper part of the whorls, and the little numerous ribs on the lower are the principal characteristics. The keel is edged above, or, in other words, is not quite contiguous with the suture. The sculpture is very like that of Crassispira discors (Sowerby I, 1834) [2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Panama.
References
edit- ^ a b Crassispira flavocarinata (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.
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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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