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

Crassispira luctuosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. luctuosa
Binomial name
Crassispira luctuosa
(d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma luctuosa Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1847

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 10mm and 20mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Cuba and the Virgin Islands.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira luctuosa (d'Orbigny, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532676 on 2018-08-11
  • d'Orbigny, Cat. Cub. Moll. p. 31, no. 370 1847
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.