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Crassispira quadrifasciata

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Crassispira quadrifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

The shape of the shell is pyramidal. The whorls are encircled with a single keel above and below, longitudinally closely ridged in the middle. The keels are whitish, the middle of the whorls bluish brown, ridges whitish. The aperture is small. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southeastern USA; Honduras; Cuba, Jamaica, and Northern Brazil

References

  • Reeve, Lovell Augustus. Conchologia Iconica: Or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals: III. Reeve, 1845.
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 105
  • Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Diez García Y. (2017). Nuevas especies y nuevos registros de moluscos gasterópodos (Mollusca: Gastropoda) marinos de la región oriental de Cuba. Avicennia. 21: 59–67

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Crassispira quadrifasciata: Brief Summary

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Crassispira quadrifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

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