Clathurella rigida

Clathurella rigida
Drawing of Clathurella rigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae [1]
Genus: Clathurella
Species: C. rigida
Binomial name
Clathurella rigida
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathurella affinis Dall, W.H., 1871
  • Clavatula rigida Hinds, 1843
  • Mangilia rigida Hinds, 1843

Clathurella rigida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 6.3 mm and 8 mm. The color of the shell is fulvous. The shoulder undulates at the angle by the longitudinal ribs, which are crossed by raised striae. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Baja California, Panama and the Galapagos Islands.

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