Clavus formosa

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Clavus formosa
Drawing of Clavus formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species: C. formosa
Binomial name
Clavus formosa
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus formosus (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma formosa Reeve, 1846
  • Pleurotoma tessellata Reeve, L.A., 1846

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

Description

Its description is almost identical to Clavus laeta (Hinds, 1843)

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone f the tropical Pacific Ocean along the Philippines. [2]

References

  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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