Clavus pica

Clavus pica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. pica
Binomial name
	Clavus pica; (Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms
	Clavus (Tylotia) pica (Reeve, 1843); Pleurotoma pica Reeve, 1843;

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm. The thick shell is whitish, irregularly variegated with a few large squarish brown spots. The upper portion of the whorls is smooth, concave, below the periphery with numerous narrow ribs. The anal sinus is broad. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific along Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Tuamotus and Christmas Island.

References

^ ^a ^b Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 190; 1884 (described as Drillia pica)

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

External links

Gastropods.com: Clavus (Tylotia) pica; accessed: 21 September 2011

[WoRMS-1] Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.

[2] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 190; 1884 (described as Drillia pica)

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