Crassispira nigrescens

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

Crassispira nigrescens
Shell of Crassispira nigrescens (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
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. nigrescens
Binomial name
Crassispira nigrescens
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Description

The length of the blackish, brown shell attains 8.5 mm. The shell contains 8 whorls, showing a beaded sculpture. The outer lip is very thick. The sinus is not very deep. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the West Indies.

References

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