Crassibougia clausicaudata
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Crassibougia clausicaudata
| authority = (Hinds, 1844)
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| synonyms =
- Fusus clausicaudatus Hinds, 1844 (original combination)
- Latirus clausicaudatus (Hinds, 1844)
- Pseudolatirus clausicaudatus (Hinds, 1844) ·
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Crassibougia clausicaudata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|600513 |Crassibougia clausicaudata (Hinds, 1844)|22 October 2024}}
Description
The length of the shell reaches 60 mm.
The shell is moderately small and narrowly spindle-shaped, becoming robust in adulthood. The spire whorls are adorned with strong, widely spaced, rounded axial ribs, which become less pronounced or nearly absent on the final adult whorl. The spiral sculpture consists of low, flat-topped cords separated by narrow, variably incised grooves. The siphonal canal is elongated with a narrow, slit-like opening. In mature specimens, the aperture features a pronounced callus nodule just below the outer lip's insertion, along with a well-developed varix behind the outer lip.
The shell is orange-brown when fresh, with axial ribs typically appearing slightly paler. The aperture is whitish, while the animal itself is orange-red. {{cite book |last1=Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. |title=Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa |date=2018 |publisher=Malachite Marketing and Media |location=Pretoria |page=289 |doi=10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 |url=https://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 |isbn=978-1-86868-098-6|access-date=17 October 2024}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=bysa4|from this source=yes}}
Distribution
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Steyn DG and Lussi M. |title=Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. |date=2005 |publisher=published by the authors |page=148}}
- {{cite book |last1=Marais JP and Kilburn RN. |title=Fasciolariidae. In: Marais AP and Seccombe AD (eds) Identification Guide to the Seashells of South Africa. Vol. 1. Groenkloof |date=2010 |publisher=Centre for Molluscan Studies |page=136}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Stahlschmidt P. & Fraussen K. |title=Crassibougia, a new genus for Fusus clausicaudatus Hinds, 1844, from South Africa, with description of a new species (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) |journal=Miscellanea Malacologica |date=2012 |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=85–93}}
External links
- {{cite book |last1=Hinds |first1=R.B. |title=Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42 |date=1844–1845 |publisher=Smith, Elder and Co |location=London |page=13 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114183 |access-date=22 October 2024}}
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