Clavus cantharis

Clavus cantharis
Drawing of Clavus cantharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species: C. cantharis
Binomial name
Clavus cantharis
(Reeve, 1845) [1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Drillia cantharis Reeve, 1845
  • Pleurotoma cantharis Reeve, 1845
  • Pleurotoma scarabaeus Reeve, 1846

Clavus cantharis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2] [4]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The smooth shell is thick and solid. Its color is very dark brown, the nodules are whitish. The whorls are oblique and nodosely plicated round the middle. The anal sinus is rather large. [5]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific Region, along the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ Reeve. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1845, p. 118
  2. ^ a b Clavus cantharis (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433278 on 8 September 2011.
  3. ^ Malacolog : Clavus
  4. ^ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017. 
  5. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 199; 1884 (described as Drillia cantharis)