Clavus formosus

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Clavus formosus
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Shell of Clavus formosus (specimen in the MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. formosus
Binomial name
Clavus formosus
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavus formosa(Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma formosaReeve, 1846
  • Pleurotoma tessellataReeve, L.A., 1846 (treated by Reeve as a secondary homonym of Clathurella tessellataHinds, 1843; Pleurotoma formosa is a replacement name)

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

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Description

Its description is almost identical to Clavus laeta (Hinds, 1843)

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Red Sea and the tropical Pacific Ocean off the Philippines. [2] and off Papua New Guinea .

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References

Two shells of Clavus formosus Clavus formosus 001.jpg
Two shells of Clavus formosus


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