Clavus fulvus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Clavus fulvus | |
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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. fulvus
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavus fulvus (Hinds, 1843)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 45 mm. The fulvous shell has six granulous, tubercularly ribbed whorls, that are angulated at the upper part. The suture shows a granulous line.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off Réunion, the Philippines and Indonesia.
References
edit- ^ a b Clavus fulva (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 210; 1884 (described as Drillia fulva)
- Hinds, R.B. (1843) On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843, 36–46
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External links
edit- "Clavus fulvus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.