Crassispira cubensis
| Crassispira cubensis | |
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| Shell of Crassispira cubensis (specimen in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. cubensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira cubensis (E. A. Smith, 1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Crassispira cubensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]
Description
Although the maximum recorded shell length is 11 mm[2], it is hypothesised to range from 10mm to 20mm in length.
- Original description
"Given that the specific name luctuosa had already been assigned by Hinds to a Californian species within the Pleurotomidae, I (i.e. E. A. Smith) found it necessary to introduce cubensis as the new trivial name for this West-Indian shell."[3]
Distribution
This marine species lives in a benthic habitat off the tropical, West Atlantic[2] coast of Cuba and the Virgin Islands.[4]
References
- ^ a b Crassispira cubensis(E. A. Smith, 1882). 27 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b "Crassispira luctuosa". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ Smith, E.A. (1882). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (10): 211. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ "Crassispira luctuosa - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio". animalia.bio. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
External links
- Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.