Crassispira nigrescens

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

Crassispira nigrescens
Shell of Crassispira nigrescens (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. nigrescens
Binomial name
Crassispira nigrescens
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma nigrescens Adams C. B., 1845

Description

The length of the blackish, brown shell attains 8.5 mm. The shell contains 8 whorls, showing a beaded sculpture. The outer lip is very thick. The sinus is not very deep. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the West Indies.

References
  1. Crassispira nigrescens (C. B. Adams, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. C.B. Adams, Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis; Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.v. 2 (1845–1848)
  • Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
  • "Crassispira nigrescens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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