Clavus coffea

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Clavus coffea
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Two shells of Clavus coffea (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. coffea
Binomial name
Clavus coffea
(Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms [1]

Pleurotoma (Clavus) coffeaSmith E. A., 1882

Clavus coffea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Description

The ovate shell has an acuminate apex. The color of the shell is red with white ribs in the middle. The fine apical whorls are small and produced suddenly into a cone. The shell contains 9 slightly convex whorls. The length of the aperture equals 7/17th of the length of the shell. The columella is callous and covered with tubercles at the suture. The anal sinus is small and located under a tubercle. The siphonal canal is very short. [2]

Distribution

This species is found in the demersal zone of the Western Central Pacific Ocean off the Philippines. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Clavus coffea (Smith E. A., 1882) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ "Clavus coffea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Sealifebase.org : Clavus coffea


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