Clavatula tripartita

Clavatula tripartita

Apertural view of Clavatula tripartita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Clavatula
Species:	C. tripartita
Binomial name
*Clavatula tripartita* (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms^[1]
Clavatula (Clionella) bipartita Smith E.A., 187 Clavatula (Perrona) obesa Reeve, 1884 Clavatula parilis Smith, E.A., 1901 Clionella assimilans Turton, W.H., 1932 Clionella bipartita Smith, E.A., 1877 Clionella tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876) Pleurotoma (Clionella) bipartita E. A. Smith, 1877 (typographical error for tripartita) Pleurotoma (Clavatula) tripartita Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876 (basionym)

Clavatula tripartita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.^[1]^[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 26 mm and 45 mm.

This marine species occurs from Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa to Mozambique

1 2 Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 July 2012.
↑ 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.

Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 116
Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417-470
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 150
E.A. Smith, Notes on Pleurotoma (Clionella) bipartita Smith, 1877; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. v. 10 (1912-1913)
K.H. Barnard, Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part VI. Supplement; Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum v. 47 pt. 1-6; 1969

Taxon identifiers	Wd: Q3716345 GBIF: 5728113 WoRMS: 215592

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