Clavus protentus

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Clavus protentus
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Shell of Clavus protentus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. protentus
Binomial name
Clavus protentus
Hervier, 1896
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia (Clavus) protentusMelvill & Standen 1897
  • Drillia (Clavus) protentaBouge & Dautzenberg 1914

Clavus protentus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 13.5 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

The elongate turriform shell is white in the subsutural and peripheral region, with the remainder reddish brown. The basal part of the body whorl shows rows of white dots. The shell contains 6-7 whorls, which are concave on top and convex below. The axial ribs are initially arcuate and in later whorls opisthocline, numbering 12 on the penultimate whorl. The dense, spiral threads are very small. The aperture is oblong-ovate. The wide anal sinus has an U-shaped form. The columella is almost straight. The sharp outer lip is thickened towards the suture. [3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to endemic to Lifou, Loyalty Islands.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus protentus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719351 on 2016-08-17
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .
  3. Hervier, J. (1896a) Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Néo-Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 43, p. 142