Clavus ebur
Appearance
Clavus ebur | |
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Drawing of Clavus ebur | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Clavus |
Species: | C. ebur
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Binomial name | |
Clavus ebur (Reeve, 1845)
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Clavus ebur is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The shell is pure white, strongly nodulosely plicate and obsoletely spirally striate. The length of the shell is 17 mm.[2]
Distribution
This species is found in the demersal zone of tropical waters in the Western Atlantic Ocean.[3]
References
- ^ a b Clavus ebur (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 188; 1884 (described as Drillia ebur)
- ^ Sealifebase : Clavus ebur
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.