Clavus laetus

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Clavus laetus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. laetus
Binomial name
Clavus laetus
(Hinds, 1843) [1]
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Clavatula laetaHinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Clavus laetus (Hinds, 1843)
  • Drillia laeta(Hinds, 1843)
  • Drillia (Clavus) laeta(Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma (Clavus) laeta(Hinds, 1843)
  • Splendrillia laeta(Hinds, 1843)

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

Contents

This species is also mentioned as Clavus laetus.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm.

The smooth shell is polished. The whorls show a strongly tuberculated shoulder. The body whorl shows a second inferior row of small, sometimes obsolete tubercles. The shell is white, banded with brown, and the band is often more or less interrupted. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Strait of Macassar, Indonesia, the Solomons and the Philippines; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

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References

  1. Hinds, R.B. 1843. Description of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 1 11: 16–21, 36–46, 255–257
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Clavus laetus (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433290 on 2015-01-31
  3. Sealifebase: Clavus fusconitens
  4. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences