Clavus obliquatus

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Clavus obliquatus
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavus obliquatus (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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)
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