Clavus lamberti
| Clavus lamberti | |
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| Apertural view of Clavus lamberti | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. lamberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavus lamberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies betweden 8 mm and 20 mm. The shell is yellowish brown, with a central reddish chestnut band, filled with a double series of revolving white-tipped tubercles. Below this, on the body whorl, there is a second narrower band, bearing a single series of small white tubercles, a brown line and spots at the base. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along East Africa, Australia, New Caledonia, and Polynesia.
References
- 1 2 Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 198; 1884 (described as Drillia lamberti)
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 107
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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