Clavatula gabonensis

Clavatula gabonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Clavatulidae
Genus:Clavatula
Species: C. gabonensis
Binomial name
Clavatula gabonensis
Melvill, 1923

Clavatula gabonensis, common name the Gabon turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal and Gabon.

References

  1. Clavatula gabonensis Melvill, 1923.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.


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