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Clavus coffea

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Clavus coffea
Two shells of Clavus coffea (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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. coffea
Binomial name
Clavus coffea
(Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Clavus) coffea Smith E. A., 1882

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

Description

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The ovate shell has an acuminate apex. The color of the shell is red with white ribs in the middle. The fine apical whorls are small and produced suddenly into a cone. The shell contains 9 slightly convex whorls. The length of the aperture equals 7/17th of the length of the shell. The columella is callous and covered with tubercles at the suture. The anal sinus is small and located under a tubercle. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]

Distribution

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This species is found in the demersal zone of the Western Central Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Clavus coffea (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Clavus coffea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ Sealifebase.org : Clavus coffea
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295