Clavus putillus

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Clavus putillus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. putillus
Binomial name
Clavus putillus
(Reeve, 1845) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Drillia putillusReeve, 1845
  • Pleurotoma albicinctaAdams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1850
  • Pleurotoma putillusReeve, 1845

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

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm. The shell is yellowish white, chestnut-tinted between the slight longitudinal ribs. The tuberculate periphery forms a strong angle on the whorls. The lip is simple and thin. The anal sinus is broad and shallow. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of tropical Indo-Pacific along the Philippines and in the South China Sea and East China Sea.

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References

  1. ↑ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 219
  2. 1 2 Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 September 2011.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 200; 1884 (described as Drillia putillus)
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