Zonulispira crocata
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Speciesbox
|genus=Zonulispira
|image= Zonulispira crocata 001.jpg
|image_caption= Shell of Zonulispira crocata
|species=crocata
|authority = (Reeve, 1845)
|synonyms_ref =
|synonyms =
- Drillia acucincta W.H. Dall, 1890
- Drillia crocata L.A. Reeve, 1845 (original combination)
- Zonulispira sanibelensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
}}
Zonulispira crocata, common name the Sanibel turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.{{WRMS species|420412|Zonulispira crocata (Reeve, 1845)||5 April 2010}}
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 29 mm.
The shell is pyramidally oblong, transversely elevately striated and longitudinally ribbed. The body whorl is furnished with a small gibbous tubercle. The siphonal canal is very short. The aperture is short. The sinus broad and large. The color of the shell is whitish, covered with a saffron-olive epidermis.[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
Z. crocata can be found off the western coast of Florida, United States to the Florida Keys, United States.Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.
References
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External links
- [http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf 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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas]
- {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf| journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 }}
- [http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_21481.shtml Gatsropods.com: Zonulispira crocata].
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