Crassispira chacei
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| Crassispira chacei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. chacei |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira chacei Hertlein & Strong, 1951 | |
Crassispira chacei is a species of marine gastropod in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
It has a stout, brownish shell and resembles Crassispira turricula. The shell is 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long, and 11 mm (0.43 in) wide.[2] The specific epithet chacei commemorates Fenner A. Chace Jr.[3]