Clavatula mystica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Clavatula mystica
Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula mystica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. mystica
Binomial name
Clavatula mystica
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula sacerdos (Reeve, 1845) ·
  • Pleurotoma mystica Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma sacerdos Reeve, 1845 ·

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Western Sahara to Ghana; also off the Canary Islands, Ivory Coast and North Angola.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  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. ^ F.; Verstraeten, J. (2007). About a possible further range extension for Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843)(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) Neptunea 6(4): 10-22[permanent dead link]
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