Crassispira ballenaensis

Crassispira ballenaensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. ballenaensis
Binomial name
Crassispira ballenaensis Hertlein & Strong, 1951
Synonyms
Propebela ballenaensis Hertlein & Strong, 1951

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 33 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found from Tenacatita Bay, Mexico to Costa Rica.

References

1. Crassispira ballenaensis Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

• Hertlein, L. G. and A. M. Strong. 1951. Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XLIII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part X. New York Zoological Society, Zoologica 36(2): 66 120, 11 pls.

External links

• Biolib.cz: Crassispira ballenaensis
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Propebela ballenaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.