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

Crassispira hanleyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. hanleyi
Binomial name
Crassispira hanleyi
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms

Drillia hanleyi Carpenter, 1857

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10 mm

This subacuminate, black shell is known by the fine costae, continued nearly to the base and the infrasutural keel.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Nicaragua

References

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  1. ^ "Crassispira hanleyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ Carpenter P.P. (1857) - Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan shells in the British Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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