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

Crassispira luctuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. luctuosa
Binomial name
Crassispira luctuosa
(d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma luctuosa Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1847

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 10mm and 20mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Cuba and the Virgin Islands.

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira luctuosa (d'Orbigny, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532676 on 2018-08-11
  • d'Orbigny, Cat. Cub. Moll. p. 31, no. 370 1847

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.