Crassispira apicata
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| Crassispira apicata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira apicata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. apicata |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira apicata (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Crassispira apicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm.
The whorls are concavely flattened above a fine keel, nodosely plaited beneath, plaits fading away towards the lower part. Transversely the shell is impressly striated. The color of the shell is chocolate brown or pale yellow, reddish at the apex.[2]
