Crassispira incrassata, common name the thickened pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
ITIS considers Crassispira bottae a synonym of Crassispira incrassata [2] McLean confirmed that Pleurotoma bottae was a synonym of Crassispira incrassata [3] The radula and the morphology was studied by Kantor et al. in 1997 [4]
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 50 mm.
The shell is acuminately pyramidal, thick, blackish. The whorls are obsoletely keeled near the suture, keel interrupted, longitudinally ribbed beneath, ribs grained and crossed with raised lines. The outer lip is thickened near the edge. The sinus is broad. The siphonal canal is short.[5]
This marine species occurs from the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico to Ecuador
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Crassispira incrassata, common name the thickened pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
ITIS considers Crassispira bottae a synonym of Crassispira incrassata McLean confirmed that Pleurotoma bottae was a synonym of Crassispira incrassata The radula and the morphology was studied by Kantor et al. in 1997
