| Clavatula spirata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. spirata |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula spirata Lamarck, 1801 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Perrona spirata spirata (Lamarck, 1801) |
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Clavatula spirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]
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The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm. The whorls are constricted around the upper part, with a rather sharp ridge next the suture, and an obtuse angle below the constriction. The color of the shell is yellowish, mottled and striped with chestnut. [3]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola.