Crassispira chacei
| Crassispira chacei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. chacei |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira chacei Hertlein & Strong, 1951 | |
Crassispira chacei is a species of marine gastropod in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
It has a stout, brownish shell and resembles Crassispira turricula. The shell is 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long, and 11 mm (0.43 in) wide.[2] The specific epithet chacei commemorates Fenner A. Chace, Jr..[3]
References
- ↑ J. Tucker (2010). P. Bouchet, S. Gofas & G. Rosenberg, ed. "Crassispira chacei Hertlein & Strong, 1951". World Marine Mollusca database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
- ↑ A. Myra Keen (1958). Sea shells of tropical west America: marine mollusks from Lower California to Columbia. Stanford University Press.
- ↑ Hans G. Hansson. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Göteborgs Universitet. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
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