Clavatula delphinae
| Clavatula delphinae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. delphinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula delphinae Nolf, 2008 | |
Clavatula delphinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
References
- ↑ Clavatula delphinae Nolf, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- Nolf, F. (2008). Two new turrid species from West Africa: Clavatula delphinae and Clavatula pseudomystica (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae). Neptunea 7(2): 6-13.
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