''Crassiclava'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Crassiclava'' include:
* ''
Crassiclava balteata''
Kilburn, 1988
* ''
Crassiclava layardi''
(Sowerby III, 1897)
* ''
Crassiclava omia''
(Barnard, 1958)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Crassiclava apicata''
Reeve, 1845: synonym of ''
Crassispira apicata
''Crassispira apicata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm.
The whorls are concavely flattened above a fine keel, n ...
''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''Crassiclava halistrepta''
(Bartsch, 1915): synonym of ''
Clionella halistrepta
''Clionella halistrepta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 42 mm.
(Original description) The shell has a fusiform shape. The ...
''
(Bartsch, 1915)
References
External links
*
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Pseudomelatomidae
Gastropod genera
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