Crassispira harfordiana

Crassispira harfordiana
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira harfordiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. harfordiana
Binomial name
Crassispira harfordiana (Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Crassispira adamsiana Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 Crassispira hardfordiana Reeve, 1843 Glossispira harfordiana (Reeve, L.A., 1843) Pleurotoma harfordiana Reeve, 1843

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm.

The whorls show a narrow yellowish band on the periphery.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cuba and Panama.

References

1. Crassispira harfordiana (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
2. 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.

External links

• Biolib.cz: Crassispira harfordiana
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Glossispira harfordiana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• McLean, J.H. (1971) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130