Crassispira nigrescens | |
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Shell of Crassispira nigrescens (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. nigrescens
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Binomial name | |
Crassispira nigrescens (C. B. Adams, 1845)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Crassispira nigrescens is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, . [1]
The length of the blackish, brown shell attains 8.5 mm. The shell contains 8 whorls, showing a beaded sculpture. The outer lip is very thick. The sinus is not very deep. The siphonal canal is very short. [2]
This marine species occurs in the West Indies.
Crassispira nigrescens | |
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Shell of Crassispira nigrescens (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Crassispira |
Species: | C. nigrescens
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Binomial name | |
Crassispira nigrescens (C. B. Adams, 1845)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Crassispira nigrescens is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, . [1]
The length of the blackish, brown shell attains 8.5 mm. The shell contains 8 whorls, showing a beaded sculpture. The outer lip is very thick. The sinus is not very deep. The siphonal canal is very short. [2]
This marine species occurs in the West Indies.