Clavus maestratii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Clavus maestratii
Shell of Clavus maestratii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. maestratii
Binomial name
Clavus maestratii
Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia (Clavus) fusconitens (non G. B. Sowerby, III, 1901) Bouge & Dautzenberg 1914: 139

Description

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The length of the shell attains 11.8 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

The shell is shiny and glossy and ranges in color from pale brown or grayish-brown to orange-brown, with the ribs usually being lighter in color. [3]

The shell has a short siphonal canal (a long, narrow tube structure that extends from the opening of the shell) and a slightly contracted opening near its base.[4]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus maestratii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765578 on 2016-08-07
  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. ^ BOUCHET, P. (1 August 2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–275. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  4. ^ Kilburn, Richard; Fedesov, Alexander; Kantor, Yuri (18 June 2014). "he shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea)". Zootaxa. 3818 (1): 69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3818.1.1.