Crassispira callosa

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

Crassispira callosa
Shell of Crassispira callosa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. callosa
Binomial name
Crassispira callosa
(Kiener, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma callosa Kiener, 1840[2]
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) callosa (Kiener, 1840)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.

The chocolate-colored shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs lare ow, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae. The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola

References
  1. Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. Kiener, L.-C. (1840). "Pleurotome calleux, Pleurotoma callosa". Genre Pleurotome. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Famille des canalifères. Première Partie. 2. Paris: Rousseau; J.-B. Baillière. pp. 50–51. Pl. 18, Fig. 1.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
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