Clavus ebur

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

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

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Description

The shell is pure white, strongly nodulosely plicate and obsoletely spirally striate. The length of the shell is 17 mm. [2]

Distribution

This species is found in the demersal zone of tropical waters in the Western Atlantic Ocean. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b Clavus ebur (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432628 on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 188; 1884 (described as Drillia ebur)
  3. ^ Sealifebase : Clavus ebur