Clavus unizonalis

Clavus unizonalis
Apertural view of Clavus unizonalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species: C. unizonalis
Binomial name
Clavus unizonalis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus protentus Hervier, R.P.J., 1896
  • Clavus viduus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Drillia vidualoides Garrett, 1873
  • Pleurotoma (Clavus) nigrozonata Weinkauff, 1876 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Pleurotoma nigrozonata Weinkauff, 1876
  • Pleurotoma unizonalis Lamarck, 1822
  • Pleurotoma vidua Reeve, L.A., 1845

Clavus unizonalis, common name the one-zoned turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 26 mm. The shell is nodosely plicate, smooth, or with a few close revolving lines at the base. The color is whitish or yellowish white, the body whorl below the periphery chocolate, sometimes with a white band at the base. The color of the interior is chocolate, with an irregular white superior band.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off Mozambique, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 Clavus unizonalis (Lamarck, 1822).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 185-186; 1884 (described as Drillia unizonalis)

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