Clavus bilineatus

Clavus bilineatus
Apertural view of a shell of Clavus bilineatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. bilineatus
Binomial name
Clavus bilineatus (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia bilineataReeve, 1845 Pleurotoma bilineataReeve, 1845 (basionym)

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

Description

Juvenile

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 24 mm. G.W. Tryon thought this species to be a synonym of Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845) (described as Drillia pulchella). ^[3] He stated that the differences were only in the tuberculations being less sharp and the color not so bright, with a brownish tinge.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, off the Philippines and Taiwan, ^[4] and also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).

References

1. Clavus bilineatus (Reeve, 1845) . 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. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884
4. Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Shells of the Classic Turridae from Taiwan II. Clavidae, Bulletin 01 Malacology, Taiwan ROC， 貝類學報， 23: 69–77 (1 999)

• Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
• Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 1–33
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.

External links

• "Clavus bilineatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.