Clavus (gastropod)
Clavus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]
Description
Apart from the general characteristics of the genera in the family Drilliidae, the species in the genus Clavus have a shell with peripheral tubercles, spines or wing-like processes. [3] The aperture is rather large. The outer lip is produced below the sinus. [4]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Clavus : [5]
- Clavus acuminata : species inquerenda
- Clavus aenigmaticus Wells, 1991
- Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918)
- Clavus auriculifera Lamarck : species inquerenda
- Clavus beckii (Reeve, 1842)
- Clavus bilineata (Reeve, 1845) : mentioned in OBIS as Clavus bilineatus [6]
- Clavus cadenasi (Clench & Aguayo, 1939)
- Clavus canalicularis (Röding, 1798)
- Clavus candens (Smith E. A., 1879)
- Clavus cantharis (Reeve, 1845)
- Clavus clara (Reeve, 1845)
- Clavus clavata (Sowerby II, 1870)
- Clavus coffea (Smith E. A., 1882)
- Clavus cygnea (Melvill & Standen, 1897) : mentioned in OBIS as Clavus cygneus [7]
- Clavus ebur (Reeve, 1845)
- Clavus enna (Dall, 1918)
- Clavus exasperatus (Reeve, 1843)
- Clavus exilis (Pease, 1868)
- Clavus flammulatus Montfort, 1810
- Clavus formosa (Reeve, 1846)
- Clavus fulva (Hinds, 1843) : mentioned in OBIS as Clavus fulvus [8]
- Clavus glaucozona Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
- Clavus groschi Kilburn, 1988
- Clavus hewittae Wells, 1991
- Clavus inclinata (Sowerby, 1893)
- Clavus infrafusca (Sowerby, 1893)
- Clavus infuscatus Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
- Clavus johnsoni (Bartsch, 1934)
- Clavus laeta (Hinds, 1843): mentioned in OBIS as Clavus laetus [9]
- Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860)
- Clavus mighelsi Kay, 1979
- Clavus nodifera (Pease, 1860)
- Clavus nodulosa (Pease, 1863)
- Clavus occiduus Wells, 1991
- Clavus opalus (Reeve, 1845)
- Clavus paroeca (Melvill, 1923)
- Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843)
- Clavus powelli Kay, 1979
- Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845)
- Clavus pulicarius Wells, 1991
- Clavus pusilla (Garrett, 1873)
- Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845)
- Clavus quintuplex (Melvill, 1927)
- Clavus rissoiniformis Kay, 1979
- Clavus suduirauti Bozzetti, 1997
- Clavus unizonalis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Clavus vibicinus (Helbling, 1779)
- Clavus vidua (Reeve, 1845) : mentioned in OBIS as Clavus (Clavus) viduus [10]
- Clavus wilmeri (Smith E. A., 1879)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Clavus aeneus (Hedley, 1922) : synonym of Antiguraleus aeneus (Hedley, 1922)
- Clavus fusconitens (Sowerby, 1901): synonym of Clavus laeta (Hinds, 1843)
- Clavus candidulus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of Splendrillia candidulus (Hedley, 1922)
- Clavus costatus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of Graciliclava costata (Hedley, 1922)
- Clavus flexus Shuto, 1983 : synonym of Plagiostropha flexus (Shuto, 1983)
- Clavus gibberulus Hervier, 1896 : synonym of Drillia gibberulus (Hervier, 1896)
- Clavus lacertosus (Hedley, 1922): synonym of Bathytoma lacertosus Hedley, 1922
- Clavus maravignae (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) : synonym of Crassopleura maravignae (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following species with names in current use :
- Clavus berenice (Dall, 1918)
- Clavus siebenrocki (Sturany, 1903)
- Subgenus Clavus
- Clavus intermaculatus (E. A. Smith, 1879)
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