Clavus unizonalis

Clavus unizonalis
Apertural view of Clavus unizonalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species: C. unizonalis
Binomial name
Clavus unizonalis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma unizonalis Lamarck, 1822
  • Pleurotoma vidua Reeve, L.A., 1845

Clavus unizonalis, common name the one-zoned turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 26 mm. The shell is nodosely plicate, smooth, or with a few close revolving lines at the base. The color is whitish or yellowish white, the body whorl below the periphery chocolate, sometimes with a white band at the base. The color of the interior is chocolate, with an irregular white superior band. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along Mozambique, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia

References

  1. ^ a b Clavus unizonalis (Lamarck, 1822).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433302 on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 185-186; 1884 (described as Drillia unizonalis)

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