Crassispira cubensis

Crassispira cubensis
Shell of Crassispira cubensis (specimen in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassispira
Species:
C. cubensis
Binomial name
Crassispira cubensis
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira luctuosa (A. d'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) cubensis E. A. Smith, 1882 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma luctuosa Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1847

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

Description

Although the maximum recorded shell length is 11 mm[2], it is hypothesised to range from 10mm to 20mm in length.

Original description

"Given that the specific name luctuosa had already been assigned by Hinds to a Californian species within the Pleurotomidae, I (i.e. E. A. Smith) found it necessary to introduce cubensis as the new trivial name for this West-Indian shell."[3]

Distribution

This marine species lives in a benthic habitat off the tropical, West Atlantic[2] coast of Cuba and the Virgin Islands.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Crassispira cubensis(E. A. Smith, 1882). 27 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ a b "Crassispira luctuosa". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  3. ^ Smith, E.A. (1882). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (10): 211. Retrieved 27 July 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Crassispira luctuosa - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio". animalia.bio. Retrieved 27 July 2025.


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