Clavus unizonalis
| Clavus unizonalis | |
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| 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] | |
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Clavus unizonalis, common name the one-zoned turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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 off Mozambique, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clavus unizonalis (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 185-186; 1884 (described as Drillia unizonalis)
- Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 1–33.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
External links
- Gastropods.com: Clavus unizonalis; retrieved: 22 September 2011
- Gastropods.com: Clavus viduus; retrieved: 22 September 2011
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