Clavus (gastropod)

Clavus
A shell of Clavus exasperatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Montfort, 1810
Type species
Clavus flammulatus Montfort, 1810
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavicantha Swainson, 1840
  • Drillia (Clavus)
  • Eldridgea Bartsch, 1934
  • Pleurotoma (Clavus) Montfort, 1810
  • Tylotia Melvill, 1917
  • Tylotiella Habe, 1958

Clavus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Description

Apart from the general characteristics of the genera in the family Drilliidae, the species in the genus Clavus have a shell with peripheral tubercles, spines or wing-like processes.[3] The aperture is rather large. The outer lip is produced below the sinus.[4]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Clavus :[5]

Species brought into synonymy
Species inquerenda

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following species with names in current use :

Subgenus Clavus

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Clavus .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 August 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, Chapter 3 , History and Taxonomy of the Clavidae; June 1, 2001
  4. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 155; 1884 (treated as section within the genus Drillia)
  5. WoRMS : Clavus
  6. OBIS : Clavus cygneus
  7. OBIS : Clavus fulvus
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