Crassispira turricula

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Crassispira turricula

Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira turricula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. turricula
Binomial name
*Crassispira turricula* (Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms^[1]
Crassispira sowerbyi Reeve, 1843 Crassispira (Crassiclava) turricula (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) Drillia corrugata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) Drillia sowerbyi (Reeve, 1846) Pleurotoma corrugata G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 Pleurotoma sowerbyi Reeve, 1843 Pleurotoma turricula Sowerby I, 1834

Crassispira turricula, common name the turriculated pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 21 mm and 45 mm.

(Original description) The brown shell is sharply pyramidal. The upper part of the whorls is tuberculated. The tubercles are arranged in a single row. The lower part of the whorls is longitudinally ribbed, the ribs decussated. The interior of the aperture is blackish purple. The siphonal canal is short.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador.

References

^ ^a ^b Crassispira turricula (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 July 2011.
^ Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals; Reeve, Lovell, Brooks, Vincent, Reeve, Frederic, Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), Taylor, John Edward, Reeve Benham & Reeve, Savill, Edwards and Co., Spottiswoode & Co. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, ; vol.1 (1843) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

G.B. Sowerby I, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1833, p. 137
Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 233. f. 6.
Fallon P.J. (2011) Descriptions and illustrations of some new and poorly known turrids (Gastropoda: Turridae) of the tropical northwestern Atlantic. Part 3. Genus Crassispira Swainson, 1840, subgenus Crassiclava McLean, 1971. The Nautilus 125(2): 53-62. [10 June 2011]

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crassispira turricula.

W.H. Dall (1909), Report on the collection of shells from Peru ;Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 37, pages 147-294, with Plates 20—28
"Crassispira turricula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.

Taxon identifiers
Crassispira turricula	Wikidata: Q3137789 CoL: 6BBGR GBIF: 2305330 IRMNG: 11039696 ITIS: 74892 Observation.org: 942630 OBIS: 432642 Open Tree of Life: 2911357 SeaLifeBase: 5837 WoRMS: 432642

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