Clathurella rigida
| Clathurella rigida | |
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| 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] | |
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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.
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 rigida (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 269; 1884 (described as Mangilia rigida)
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