Crassispira consociata

Crassispira consociata
Drawing of a shell of Crassispira consociata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species: C. consociata
Binomial name
Crassispira consociata
(E.A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia consociata Smith E.A., 1877
  • Pleurotoma consociata Smith E. A., 1877

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 24 mm. The yellowish brown whorls are doubly carinated at the suture, below which the surface is concave to the periphery. The six longitudinal ribs are strong and crossed by raised revolving lines ; yellowish brown. [2]


Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Angola.

References

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