Clavus flammulatus

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Clavus flammulatus
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Two views of a shell of Clavus flammulatus (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. flammulatus
Binomial name
Clavus flammulatus
Montfort, 1810
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavatula echinataLamarck, 1816
  • Drillia echinataLamarck, 1816

Clavus flammulatus, common name the flame turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The shell is whitish, with chestnut longitudinal streaks, forming bands interrupted by the ribs, often chestnut-spotted between the tubercles. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean; also off Australia (Western Australia).

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References

  1. 1 2 Clavus flammulatus Montfort, 1810 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 September 2011.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 185; 1884 (described as Drillia echinata)
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