Clavus putillus

Clavus putillus
	Drawing of Clavus putilus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. putillus
Binomial name
	Clavus putillus; (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
	Drillia putillus Reeve, 1845; Pleurotoma albicincta Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1850; Pleurotoma putillus Reeve, 1845;

Clavus putillus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm. The shell is yellowish white, chestnut-tinted between the slight longitudinal ribs. The tuberculate periphery forms a strong angle on the whorls. The lip is simple and thin. The anal sinus is broad and shallow.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of tropical Indo-Pacific along the Philippines and in the South China Sea and East China Sea.

References

^ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 219
^ ^a ^b Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 September 2011.
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 200; 1884 (described as Drillia putillus)

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

[1] Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 219

[WoRMS-2] Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 September 2011.

[3] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 200; 1884 (described as Drillia putillus)

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