Clavus fusconitens

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Clavus fusconitens
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavus fusconitens (museum specimen 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. fusconitens
Binomial name
Clavus fusconitens
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1901)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia fusconitensG. B. Sowerby III, 1901 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma fusconitens(G. B. Sowerby III, 1901)

Clavus fusconitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The glossy, dark-brown shell has a fusiform shape. The angularity, common to the genus Clavus, is scarcely apparent. The shell contains 8 slightly convex whorls and 8 longitudinal ribs. The aperture is oblong. The almost straight columella shows a small callus. The acute outer lip is produced. The siphonal canal is short and not very wide. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Philippines and Tahiti, French Polynesia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clavus fusconitens (G. B. Sowerby III, 1901). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594543 on 2016-08-11
  2. ↑ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .
  3. ↑ Sowerby, G.B. (III) (1901) On seven new species of marine Mollusca collected by Dr. H. Becker at "The Kowie," South Africa. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 4, p. 209
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