Clavus beckii

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Clavus beckii
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Drawing of a shell of Clavus beckii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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)
Two shells of Clavus beckii (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) Clavus beckii 001.jpg
Two shells of Clavus beckii (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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