Clavus aglaia

Clavus aglaia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. aglaia
Binomial name
Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918)
Synonyms [1]
Clavus crassa(Smith E.A,. 1888) Pleurotoma aglaiaDall, 1918 Pleurotoma (Drillia) crassa(Smith E.A,. 1888) (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma crassaEdwards, 1856; Pleurotoma aglaiaDall, 1918 is a replacement name)

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. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Indian Ocean off Mumbai.

References

1. Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 September 2011.
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 .
3. Smith, E.A. (1888). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (2): 300–317. Retrieved 24 June 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Apte, D. 1998. Book of Indian shells. Oxford University Press