Crassispira semiinflata

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

Crassispira semiinflata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. semiinflata
Binomial name
Crassispira semiinflata
(Grant & Gale, 1931)
Synonyms[1]
  • Burchia redondoensis Burch, T.A., 1938
  • Pseudomelatoma penicillata var. semiinflata Grant & Gale, 1931

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 52 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Southern California, USA and in the Baja California, Mexico

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1214510 on 2018-08-15
  • Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1: 1036 pp. + 32 pl page(s): 561, pl. 26 fig. 19
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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 semiinflata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.