Clavatula milleti
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| Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula milleti (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. milleti
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
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Clavatula milleti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 55 mm.
The color of the shell is whitish, or yellowish flesh-color, or brown. It is more or less decussated by longitudinal and revolving engraved lines, sometimes forming granulations especially on the spire The revolving lines are prominent on the body whorl, where the longitudinal ones are usually subobsolete.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa (Senegal)
References
- ^ a b Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 235; 1884 (described as Pusionella milleti)
- Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1851) Notice sur un groupe de coquilles classées parmi les Fuseaux (Fusus Lam.), avec la description de plusieurs espèces. Journal de Conchyliologie, 2, 73–79, 2 pls. page(s): 78, pl. 2 fig.
External links
- "Pusionella milleti milleti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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