Clavus unizonalis

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Clavus unizonalis
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavus unizonalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. unizonalis
Binomial name
Clavus unizonalis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavus protentusHervier, R.P.J., 1896
  • Clavus viduus(Reeve, 1845)
  • Drillia unizonalis(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Drillia vidualoidesGarrett, 1873
  • Pleurotoma (Clavus) nigrozonataWeinkauff, 1876 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Pleurotoma nigrozonataWeinkauff, 1876
  • Pleurotoma unizonalisLamarck, 1822
  • Pleurotoma viduaReeve, L.A., 1845

Clavus unizonalis, common name the one-zoned turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 26 mm. The shell is nodosely plicate, smooth, or with a few close revolving lines at the base. The color is whitish or yellowish white, the body whorl below the periphery chocolate, sometimes with a white band at the base. The color of the interior is chocolate, with an irregular white superior band. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, off northern Mozambique and in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off Mozambique, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

It has also been found in Pliocene strata of Papua New Guinea (age range: 5.332 to 2.588 Ma)

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References

  1. 1 2 Clavus unizonalis (Lamarck, 1822) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 185-186; 1884 (described as Drillia unizonalis)
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