Crassicantharus noumeensis

Crassicantharus noumeensis
Crassicantharus noumeensis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Crassicantharus
Species: C. noumeensis
Binomial name
Crassicantharus noumeensis
(Crosse, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Teralatirus noumeensis Crosse, 1870
  • Turbinella noumeensis Crosse, 1870 (original combination)

Crassicantharus noumeensis, common name the gold-banded latirus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; off Hawaii, Japan, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Oceania, Philippines and Australia (Western Australia)

References

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