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Clavus picoides

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Clavus picoides
Shell of Clavus picoides (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. picoides
Binomial name
Clavus picoides
Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 8.7 mm.

It is a long, kind of tapered cone with many ridges and a spiral. A small hole at the bottom

is the nook in which the sea snail inhabits.

Distribution

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This is a marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus picoides Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765574 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.