Crassispira somalica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Crassispira somalica | |
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| Shells of Crassispira somalica (specimens at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. somalica
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira somalica Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 20 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2018) |
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Somalia and is the first typical Crassispira species found off East Africa.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira somalica Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740937 on 2018-07-26
- Morassi M. & Bonfitto A. (2013) Four new African turriform gastropods (Mollusca: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3710(3): 271–280. page(s): 277
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crassispira somalica.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Crassispira oliva". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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