Crassispira callosa
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| Crassispira callosa | |
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| Shell of Crassispira callosa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. callosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Crassispira callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.
The chocolate-colored shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs lare ow, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae. The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines.[3]
