Crassispira laevisulcata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Subclass: Caenogastropoda
- Order: Neogastropoda
- Superfamily: Conoidea
- Family: Pseudomelatomidae
- Genus: Crassispira
- Species: C. laevisulcata
- Binomial name: Crassispira laevisulcata Maltzan, 1883
Description The shells of most species in this genus are spirally coiled. The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution This marine species occurs off the coasts of Morocco and Senegal in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
References
- von Maltzan, H.F. (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 10, 115–135, pl. 3.
- Retrieved through the World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
