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

Crassiclava balteata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassiclava
Species:
C. balteata
Binomial name
Crassiclava balteata
Kilburn, 1988

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 14.5 mm, with a diameter of 5.1 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

References edit

  1. ^ a b Crassiclava balteata Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167–320. page(s): 243, figs 185–186

External links edit

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.