Crassispira harpularia
Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira harpularia
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. harpularia
Binomial name
Crassispira harpularia
(Desmoulins, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira harpula Menke, 1853
  • Drillia harpularia Angas, 1865
  • Melatomia harpularia (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Pleurotoma harpula Kiener, L.C., 1840
  • Pleurotoma harpularia Desmoulins, 1842
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) harpularia Desmoulins, 1842

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

Description

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The shell has a chestnut- or chocolate color. The spire is more slenderly elongated. The siphonal canal is 'longer and more compressed than in Clathrodrillia solida (C. B. Adams, 1850). The revolving lines do not form granules on the ribs.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

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