Clavus laetus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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Clavus laetus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [2]
This species is also mentioned as Clavus laetus.
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]
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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