Clavus obliquatus

Clavus obliquatus
Apertural view of a shell of Clavus obliquatus (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. obliquatus
Binomial name
Clavus obliquatus (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
Clavus (Tylotiella) obliquata(Reeve, 1845) Drillia obliquata(Reeve, 1845) Pleurotoma obliquataReeve, 1845 Tylotiella obliquata(Reeve, 1845)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 33 mm.

The shell is yellowish brown, within and without, with a narrow lighter band on the periphery, and sometimes a row of white dots on the ribs a little below the middle of the body whorl. There are a few revolving striae at the base of the shell. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland; it has also been found off the Philippines.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus obliquatus (Reeve, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597135 on 2016-08-15
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Drillia obliquata)

• Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
• Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 1–33.
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.