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

Clavus ebur
Drawing of Clavus ebur
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. ebur
Binomial name
Clavus ebur
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia ebur Reeve, 1845
  • Plagiostropha ebur (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma ebur Reeve, 1845

Description edit

The shell is pure white, strongly nodulosely plicate and obsoletely spirally striate. The length of the shell is 17 mm.[2]

Distribution edit

This species is found in the demersal zone of tropical waters in the Western Atlantic Ocean.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Clavus ebur (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 188; 1884 (described as Drillia ebur)
  3. ^ Sealifebase : Clavus ebur
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.