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Clavus basipunctatus

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Clavus basipunctatus
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. basipunctatus
Binomial name
Clavus basipunctatus
Wells, 1991
Synonyms[1]

Tylotiella basipunctata Kilburn, 1988 (original combination)

Clavus basipunctatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

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The length of an adult shell varies between 7.4 mm and 12.5 mm. The whorls are not shouldered. The axial ribs do not undulate on base. The spiral threads are microscopic or absent, except on the rostrum. The terminal varix is strong. The subsutural region is not contrastingly dark. The base of the body whorl shows a row of weak white pustules.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus basipunctatus (Kilburn, 1988). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833658 on 2016-08-07
  2. ^ Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167–320. page(s): 190, figs 7, 97-100