Clathurella rava
| Clathurella rava | |
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| Drawing of Clathurella rava | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clathurellidae [1] |
| Genus: | Clathurella |
| Species: | C. rava |
| Binomial name | |
| Clathurella rava (Hinds, 1843) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Clathurella rava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm. The color of the shell is fulvous. The interstices of the ribs and the edge of the lip are stained purple-red. The anal sinus is wide and deep. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of California, Mexico and along Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- 1 2 Clathurella rava (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 296; 1884
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