| Clavus lamberti | |
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| Apertural view of Clavus lamberti | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. lamberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860) |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavus lamberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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The size of an adult shell varies betweden 8 mm and 20 mm. The shell is yellowish brown, with a central reddish chestnut band, filled with a double series of revolving white-tipped tubercles. Below this, on the body whorl, there is a second narrower band, bearing a single series of small white tubercles, a brown line and spots at the base. [2]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along East Africa, Australia, New Caledonia, and Polynesia.