Crassispira callosa

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| taxon =Crassispira callosa

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| image_caption = Shell of Crassispira callosa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

| authority = (Kiener, 1840)

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  • Pleurotoma callosa Kiener, 1840
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) callosa (Kiener, 1840)

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Crassispira callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.{{WRMS species|225707|Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840)||4 April 2010}}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.

The chocolate-colored shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs lare ow, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae. The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] {{PD-notice}}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola

References

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{{cite book|last1=Kiener|first1=L.-C.|title=Genre Pleurotome|date=1840|publisher=Rousseau; J.-B. Baillière|location=Paris|pages=50–51|chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27384155|chapter=Pleurotome calleux, Pleurotoma callosa|series=Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Famille des canalifères. Première Partie|volume=2}} [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27384216 Pl. 18], Fig. 1.

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  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.