Crassispira microstoma

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

Crassispira microstoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. microstoma
Binomial name
Crassispira microstoma
(Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma (Crassispira) microstoma Smith E. A., 1882

Description

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The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

The solid, elongate, subturreted shell contains 9-10 whorls. This species is remarkable for having the first two whorls large, and not smooth and glassy as in most other species in this genus, but finely ribbed and lirated. The shell has a golden color. The aperture is very small, measuring about ⅓ of the total length. The siphonal canal is very short and recurved. The columella is callous and shows tubercles at the suture. The sinus is small.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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