Caliendrula elstoni

Caliendrula elstoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Caliendrula
Species: C. elstoni
Binomial name
Caliendrula elstoni
(Barnard, 1962)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latiaxis elstoni Barnard, 1962 (original combination)
  • Toxiclionella elstoni (Barnard, 1962)

Caliendrula elstoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Transkei & KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Caliendrula elstoni (Barnard, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834053 on 2015-02-19
  2. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.

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