Clavus herberti

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Clavus herberti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. herberti
Binomial name
Clavus herberti
(Kilburn, 1988)
Synonyms [1]

Tylotiella herbertiKilburn, 1988 (original combination)

Contents

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

Description

The length of the brownish orange shell attains 16.4 mm, its diameter 6.1 mm. The strongly patterned, claviform shell has a rather low spire and a proportionally large and blunt protoconch. It shows fine and numerous spiral threads. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East London - S KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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References

  1. 1 2 Tylotiella herberti Kilburn, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167–320. page(s): 190, figs 7, 97-100
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