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

Crassispira oliva
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira oliva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. oliva
Binomial name
Crassispira oliva
Fernandes et al, 1995

Description

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The length of the shell attains 32 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola

References

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  • Fernandes, F., Rolán, E. & Otero-Schmitt, J. (1995) The genus Crassispira (Gastropoda, Turridae) in West Africa. Journal of Conchology, 35, 283–301.
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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.
  • "Crassispira oliva". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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