Crassispira pseudoprincipalis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and their allies.[1]
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| Image of a shell of Crassispira pseudoprincipalis | |
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. pseudoprincipalis
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| Crassispira pseudoprincipalis (Yokoyama, 1920)
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There seems to be confusion about the accepted name of this species. According to the University of Tokyo, the accepted name is Crassispira pseudoprincipalis,[2] while according to the World Register of Marine Species, the accepted name is Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis.[3] Both rely on the basionym Pleurotoma (Drillia) pseudoprincipalis Yokoyama, 1920.
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 27.5 mm, its diameter 8.3 mm.
According to Makiyama (1927, p. 104), Japanese specimens of this species differ from Crassispira bataviana (Martin, 1895) in having a shorter siphonal canal. The same appears to be true of the Okinawan and Formosan specimens.
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Distribution edit
Fossils have been found in Miocene in Japan and in Pliocene strata in Okinawa, Japan.
References edit
- ^ F.S. MacNeil (1960), Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa; Professional Paper 339; USGS
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ University of Tokyo: Crassispira pseudoprincipalis (Yokoyama, 1920)
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis (Yokoyama, 1920). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761950 on 2018-10-16
- Yokoyama, 1920. Tokyo Imp. Univ. Coll. Sci. Jour., v. 39, art. 6, p. 37,
- Yokoyama, 1926, Tokyo Imp. Univ. Fac. Sci. Jour., sec. 2, v. 1, pt. 9, p. 330pi. 1, fig. 21.
- Makiyama, 1927, Kyoto Imp. Univ. Coll. Sci. Mem., ser. B, v. 3, no. 1, art. 1, p. 104; 1931, ser. B, v. 7, no. 1, art. 1, p. 7
- Nomura, 1935, Tohoku Imp. Univ. Sci. Repts., 2d ser., v. 18, no. 2, p. 124, pi. 6, fig. 38.
- Hatai and Nisiyama, 1952, Tohoku Univ. Sci. Repts., 2d ser., spec. v. 3, p. 232