Crassispira carbonaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 35 mm.
The shell is very solid, with a well-defined shoulder, and sulcate space above it. The longitudinal ribs are low, rounded, closer than in Crassispira bottae. The interspaces are very narrow, crossed by raised revolving lines. The shell is chocolate-colored.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution This marine species occurs off West Africa, Gabon, Senegal and Guinea Bissau
References
Reeve, Lovell. Conchologia Iconica: Or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals: I. Reeve, 1843. Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. Nolf, F., 2009. Crassispira pseudocarbonaria: a new turrid from the Gulf of Guinea. Neptunea 8(1): 1-18
External links Rochebrune, A.-T. de. (1883). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux propres à la Sénégambie. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. (7) /: 177-182 Lamy, E. (1911). Sur quelques mollusques de Sénégambie. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. 17: 316-319
MNHN, Paris: holotype