Clavus pica

Clavus pica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species: C. pica
Binomial name
Clavus pica
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus (Tylotia) pica (Reeve, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma pica Reeve, 1843

Clavus pica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm. The thick shell is whitish, irregularly variegated with a few large squarish brown spots. The upper portion of the whorls is smooth, concave, below the periphery with numerous narrow ribs. The anal sinus is broad. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific along Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Tuamotus and Christmas Island.

References

  1. 1 2 Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 190; 1884 (described as Drillia pica)

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