Clavus quadratus

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Clavus quadratus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. quadratus
Binomial name
Clavus quadratus
Kilburn, 1988
Synonyms [1]

Tylotiella quadrataKilburn, 1988 (original combination)

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

Description

The spire of the claviform, light brown shell is rather low, its protoconch large and rather blunt. The whorls are rather convex, lacking an angle or shoulder. The shell is sculptured overall by raised spiral threads. The body whorl is rather quadrate. The aperture is oblong. The wide siphonal canal is rather short. The columella is straight. The anal sinus is deep and wide. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Transkei, South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus quadratus (Kilburn, 1988). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833662 on 2016-08-17
  2. ↑ Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167–320. page(s): 190, figs 7, 97-100
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