Clavus pulchella

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

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

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 21 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along Mauritius, the Philippines and Kwajalein.

References

  1. ^ a b Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433297 on 22 September 2011.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia pulchella)

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