Crassispira consociata

Crassispira consociata
Drawing of a shell of Crassispira consociata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. consociata
Binomial name
Crassispira consociata (E.A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia consociata Smith E.A., 1877 Pleurotoma consociata Smith E. A., 1877

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 24 mm. The yellowish brown whorls are doubly carinated at the suture, below which the surface is concave to the periphery. The six longitudinal ribs are strong and crossed by raised revolving lines ; yellowish brown.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Angola.

References

1. Crassispira consociata (E.A. Smith, 1877). 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 (described as Drillia consociata)

• E. A. Smith. Ann. Mag. N. H., 1877, p. 496
• Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
• "Drillia consociata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.