Crassispira callosa | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Shell of Crassispira callosa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. callosa
|
Binomial name | |
Crassispira callosa (
Kiener, 1840)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Crassispira callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [2]
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.
The chocolate-colored shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs lare ow, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae. The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines. [3]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola