Calliclava pallida
| Calliclava pallida | |
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| Apertural view of Calliclava pallida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Calliclava |
| Species: | C. pallida |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliclava pallida (Sowerby I, 1834) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Calliclava pallida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2] [3]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 24 mm. The ribs are deflected at the periphery but continuous to the suture, sharp and rather close, interstices with fine revolving striae. The anal sinus is broad and deep. The siphonal canal is very short and a little recurved. The ground color of the shell is white. [4]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Colombia.
References
- ↑ Sowb. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1833, p. 137
- 1 2 Calliclava pallida (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 196; 1884 (described as Drillia pallida).
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