Clavus ebur

Clavus ebur
Drawing of Clavus ebur
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. ebur
Binomial name
Clavus ebur (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia eburReeve, 1845 Plagiostropha ebur(Reeve, 1845) Pleurotoma eburReeve, 1845

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

Description

The shell is pure white, strongly nodulosely plicate and obsoletely spirally striate. The length of the shell is 17 mm. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the demersal zone of tropical waters in the Western Atlantic Ocean. ^[3]

References

1. Clavus ebur (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 188; 1884 (described as Drillia ebur)
3. Sealifebase : Clavus ebur

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.