Clavus pulchella
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| Clavus pulchella | |
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| 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) | |
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Clavus pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 September 2011.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia pulchella)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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