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Crassispira harfordiana

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Crassispira harfordiana
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira harfordiana
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

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

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Cuba and Panama.

References

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  • 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