Clavus cantharis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. cantharis
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| Clavus cantharis | |
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Description edit
The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The smooth, obtusely ovate shell is thick and solid. Its color is very dark brown, the nodules are whitish. The whorls are oblique and nodosely plicated round the middle. The anal sinus is rather large.[5]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific Region, off the Philippines.
References edit
- ^ Reeve. Proc. Zool. Soc. of London, 1845, p. 116
- ^ a b Clavus cantharis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 September 2011.
- ^ Malacolog : Clavus
- ^ 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.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 199; 1884 (described as Drillia cantharis)
- Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
External links edit
- "Clavus cantharis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.