Crassispira melonesiana

Crassispira melonesiana
Original image of a shell of Crassispira melonesiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Crassispira
Species:	C. melonesiana
Binomial name
Crassispira melonesiana (W. H. Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia melonesiana Dall & Simpson, 1901 (original combination) Pilsbryspira zebroides (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) the small, solid, strong shell is spindle-shaped, with one or two smooth nepionic and eight strongly sculptured subsequent whorls. The holotype is of an ashy brown (possibly in some cases nearly or quite black) with the sculptural prominences white. The notch is short, subcircular, leaving a narrow, strongly excavated fasciole separated from the suture behind it by a line of half-moon-shaped nodules, though the fasciole is so narrow and deep that at first sight it would be taken for the suture. The sculpture is essentially as figured, with fine interstitial spirals reticulated by the incremental lines. The aperture is narrow, not lirate. The columella and the throat are brownish. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico

References

1. Crassispira melonesiana (Dall & Simpson, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
2. Dall, William Healey, and Charles Torrey Simpson. The Mollusca of Porto Rico. US Government Printing Office, 1901 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.