Clavus aglaia
| Clavus aglaia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. aglaia |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavus aglaia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 30 mm. A species of a solid build, white, with a violet apex and a few brownish spots scattered here and there on the upper halves of the ribs, and dotted with the same colour immediately beneath the suture.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Northwest Indian Ocean off Mumbai.
References
- 1 2 Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 September 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- Apte, D. 1998. Book of Indian shells. Oxford University Press
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