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Clavatula debilis

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Clavatula debilis
The shell and the protoconch of Clavatula debilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. debilis
Binomial name
Clavatula debilis
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms

Glyphostomoides debilis Hinds, 1843

Clavatula debilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]

Description

The elongate, fusiform and acuminate shell grows to a length of 14 mm. It contains eight rounded and costulated whorls, transversely striate. The small ribs are round. The sutures are simple. The inner lip is crenulate. The siphonal canal is of mediocre length.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Guinea; in the Strait of Macassar, Indonesia; off the Philippines, Thailand and off Zanzibar.

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