Crassispira appressa

Crassispira appressa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. appressa
Binomial name
Crassispira appressa (Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
Crassispira (Monilispira) appressa (Carpenter, 1864) Drillia appressa Carpenter, 1864

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7.5 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico

References

1. Crassispira appressa (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

• Carpenter. Ann. Mag. N. H., 1864, xiv, p. 46
• Carpenter P. (1872) The Mollusks of Western North America, Smithsonian Institution, Washington This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• 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 (Monilispira) appressa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.