Clavus fulva

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

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

Some sources also mention this species as Clavus fulvus.

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 45 mm. The fulvous shell has six granulous, tubercularly ribbed whorls, that are angulated at the upper part. The suture shows a granulous line. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along Réunion, the Philippines and Indonesia

References

  1. ^ a b Clavus fulva (Hinds, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433286 on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 210; 1884 (described as Drillia fulva)

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