Clavus fulva
| Clavus fulva | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. fulva |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus fulva (Hinds, 1843) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavus fulva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Some sources also mention this species as Clavus fulvus.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 45 mm. The fulvous shell has six granulous, tubercularly ribbed whorls, that are angulated at the upper part. The suture shows a granulous line. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along Réunion, the Philippines and Indonesia
References
- 1 2 Clavus fulva (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 210; 1884 (described as Drillia fulva)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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