Cretaspira cretacea
species of mollusc
Cretaspira cretacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121
External links
Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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