Crassispira fuscocincta
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Crassispira fuscocincta

Crassispira fuscocincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Appearance

The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

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(Original description) The shell has an elevate pyramidal shape. The shell contains 7-8 whorls, not convex and with the suture not impressed. The color of the shell pale is yellowish white with a sutural line of brown, anteriorly wax yellow with revolving lines of yellowish white, with a spiral series of large smooth well-rounded nodules on slightly elevated wide ridges on the lower half of the whorls; anteriorly with a few spiral raised lines. The apex is acute. The spire shows a rectilineal outline. The aperture is rather wide. The siphonal canal is very short.

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Distribution

Geography

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica and the ABC Islands

References

1. Crassispira fuscocincta Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crassispira_fuscocincta

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