Clavus beckii

Clavus beckii
Drawing of a shell of Clavus beckii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. beckii
Binomial name
Clavus beckii (Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia beckiiReeve, 1842 Pleurotoma beckiiReeve, 1842

Clavus beckii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The shell is oblong, cylindrically attenuated, sharp at the apex and six-angled. The whorls are longitudinally tuberculated at the angles. The entire shell is olive-brown except the tubercles, which are white. The columella and the interior of the mouth are brown. The siphonal canal is very short. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

1. Clavus beckii (Reeve, 1842) . 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. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia beckii)

• Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 1–18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.

External links

• Reeve. "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia." ; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt. 9-11 (1841-1843)

Two shells of Clavus beckii (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)