Clavus nodulosa
| Clavus nodulosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. nodulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus nodulosa (Pease, 1863) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Drillia nodulosa Pease, 1863 | |
Clavus nodulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 11 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
(Original description) The shell is pyramidally oblong. It contains 8 whorls. These are concavely depressed above and contain about ten longitudinally nodose ribs. The body whorl is encircled by a row of tuberculous nodules, in continutation of the longitudinal ribs. The aperture is oval. The sinus is round and deep. The short siphonal canal is wide. The color of the shell is reddish brown. The ribs and the base of the columella are whitish. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Pacific Ocean and in the Indian Ocean along Réunion.
References
- ↑ Pease. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1862, p. 279
- 1 2 Clavus nodulosa (Pease, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
- ↑ W.H. Pease, Description of New Species of Marine Shells from the Pacific Islands; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1862)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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