Calliclava alcmene

Calliclava alcmene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Calliclava
Species: C. alcmene
Binomial name
Calliclava alcmene
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathrodrillia alcmene Dall, 1919
  • Kylix alcmene Dall, 1919
  • Kylix turveri Hertlein, L.G. & A.M. Strong, 1951

Calliclava alcmene is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 13.5 mm and 19 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico.

References

  1. 1 2 Calliclava alcmene (Dall, 1919).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 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.

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