Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Pseudomelatomidae Scientific name Crassispira harpularia | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Conoidea Genus Crassispira Rank Species | |
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Crassispira harpularia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
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Description
The shell has a chestnut- or chocolate color. The spire is more slenderly elongated. The siphonal canal is 'longer and more compressed than in Clathrodrillia solida (C. B. Adams, 1850). The revolving lines do not form granules on the ribs.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
References
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