Clavus exilis

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Clavus exilis
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Image of a shell of Clavus exilis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. exilis
Binomial name
Clavus exilis
(Pease, 1868)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia exilisPease, 1868
  • Iredalea exilis(Pease, 1868)

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

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Description

The pupoid-claviform shell is small (8 mm or less). The 5½ teleoconch whorls are nearly plane and longitudinally plicately ribbed. The 15–22 axial ribs are small and close, descending from the sutures. The aperture is very short. The anal sulcus is moderately deep. The siphonal canal is short and open. The color of the shell is reddish chestnut, the ribs whitish, with a dark band below the middle of the body whorl. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZuluNatal, South Africa, and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean off Polynesia

References

  1. 1 2 Clavus exilis (Pease, 1868) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 September 2011.
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 206; 1884 (described as Drillia exilis)