Clavus japonicus

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Clavus japonicus
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Drawing of a shell of Clavus japonicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. japonicus
Binomial name
Clavus japonicus
(Lischke, 1869)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia japonicaLischke, 1869
  • Inquisitor japonicum [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Inquisitor japonicus(Lischke, 1869)
  • Tylotiella japonica(Lischke, 1869)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

The elevated spire is acute, with a ridge below the sutures. The 8 longitudinal ribs are rounded, oblique, crossed by close strong striae, and terminate above on the periphery. The color of the shell is yellowish brown with two chestnut bands, or the lower one broader so as to cover the lower portion of the body whorl. The anal sinus is small, but rather deep. The shell shows two decided varices on the body whorl and one on the penultimate whorl. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines and off the Solomon Islands .

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Sartori, André F. (2015). Clavus japonicus (Lischke, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820519 on 2016-08-13
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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