Crassispira aurea explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tahiti and in the Society, Tuamotus and Gambier archipelagoes.

References

• Kantor Y.I., Stahlschmidt P., Aznar-Cormano L., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2017). Too familiar to be questioned? Revisiting the Crassispira cerithina species complex (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 83 (1): 43-55
• Tröndle, J. & Boutet, M. 2009. Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia. Atoll Research Bulletin, 570: 1–87 (as Crassispira cerithina)

External links

• • Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira aurea Kantor, Stahlschmidt, Aznar-Cormano, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=894271 on 2018-07-28