Crassiclava layardi

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Crassiclava layardi
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Apertural view of a shell of Crassiclava layardi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Crassiclava
Species:
C. layardi
Binomial name
Crassiclava layardi
(Sowerby III, 1897)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavatula hottentotaBarnard, 1958
  • Crassispira hottentotaKilburn, 1970
  • Crassispira layardi(Sowerby III, 1897)
  • Drillia hottentota(non Smith, 1882); (partim) Barnard, 1958
  • Drillia layardi(Sowerby III, 1897)
  • Drillia sowerbyiTurton, 1932 (non Pleurotoma sowerbyiReeve, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma castanea(non Reeve, 1845) Sowerby, 1886
  • Pleurotoma layardiSowerby III, 1897
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) layardiSowerby III, 1897 (original combination)

Crassiclava layardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

The smooth, turreted, narrowly claviform shell is reddish brown to uniform dark brown. It shows 7 moderately strong longitudinal ribs. It contains 7 obtusely angulated whorls, above the shoulder slightly concave, below almost convex. The spiral lirae are feeble. The aperture is oblong-ovate. The columella is upright and shows a slight callus on top. The outer lip is arcuate with a wide sinus and not deeply emarginate. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Table Bay to East London, Republic South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 Crassiclava layardi (Sowerby III, 1897) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 7 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Sowerby, G. B. (1897). "Appendix to Marine shells of South Africa : A catalogue of all the known species : With references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.13312.

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