Clavus pica

Clavus pica
Shell of Clavus pica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. pica
Binomial name
Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
Clavus (Tylotia) pica(Reeve, 1843) Drillia pica(Reeve, 1843) Pleurotoma (Drillia) picaReeve, 1843 Turris (Inquisitor) pica(Reeve, 1843) Tylotiella pica(Reeve, 1843)

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm. The thick shell is whitish, irregularly variegated with a few large squarish brown spots. The upper portion of the whorls is smooth, concave, below the periphery with numerous narrow ribs. The anal sinus is broad. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific off Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Tuamotus and Christmas Island.

References

1. Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 September 2011.
2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 190; 1884 (described as Drillia pica)

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
• Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3818(1): 1–69

External links

• "Clavus (Tylotia) pica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.