''Strigatella crassicostata'' is a
species 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 ...
, a
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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 ...
mollusk, in the
family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Strigatella crassicostata'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934704 on 2019-01-04]
Description
This shell resembles ''
Strigatella vexillum
''Strigatella vexillum'', common name : the vexillate mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 86.5 mm
D ...
''
(Reeve, 1844) in form, but with few, thick, rounded ribs, deeply punctured grooves and strongly crenulated outer
lip.
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
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References
crassicostata
Gastropods described in 1874
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