Zonulispira crocata
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| Zonulispira crocata | |
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| Shell of Zonulispira crocata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Zonulispira |
| Species: | Z. crocata |
| Binomial name | |
| Zonulispira crocata (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Zonulispira crocata, common name the Sanibel turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 29 mm.
The shell is pyramidally oblong, transversely elevately striated and longitudinally ribbed. The body whorl is furnished with a small gibbous tubercle. The siphonal canal is very short. The aperture is short. The sinus broad and large. The color of the shell is whitish, covered with a saffron-olive epidermis.[2]
