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Crassispira maura

Crassispira maura, common name the dark-coloured pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Pleurotoma maura <small>Kiener L.C., 1840</small> is a synonym of Pilsbryspira aterrima <small>(Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834)</small>

Description

The length of the shell varies between 45&nbsp;mm and 85&nbsp;mm.

The turreted shell is acuminated and blackish brown. The whorls are tuberculated in the middle, dotted round the lower part, whilst the upper part exhibits a depression from the rilling up of the sinus. The siphonal canal is recurved.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Mazatlan, Mexico to Ecuador

References

  • G.B. Sowberby I. Proc. Geol. Soc., 1833, p.&nbsp;137
  • Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 133. f. 4.

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