Clavus fulvus

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Clavus fulvus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. fulvus
Binomial name
Clavus fulvus
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavatula fulva Hinds, 1843 (original combination)
  • Clavus fulva(Hinds, 1843)
  • Drillia fulva(Hinds, 1843)

Clavus fulvus 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 12 mm and 45 mm. The fulvous shell has six granulous, tubercularly ribbed whorls, that are angulated at the upper part. The suture shows a granulous line. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off Réunion, the Philippines and Indonesia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Clavus fulva (Hinds, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 210; 1884 (described as Drillia fulva)