Clavatula virgineus

Clavatula virgineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species: C. virgineus
Binomial name
Clavatula virgineus
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]

Murex virgineus Dillwyn, 1817

Clavatula virgineus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea.


References

  1. 1 2 Clavatula virgineus (Dillwyn, 1817).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. 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.

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