Clavus herberti

Clavus herberti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Clavus
Species: C. herberti
Binomial name
Clavus herberti
(Kilburn, 1988)
Synonyms[1]

Tylotiella herberti Kilburn, 1988 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the brownish orange shell attains 16.4 mm, its diameter 6.1 mm. The strongly patterned, claviform shell has a rather low spire and a proportionally large and blunt protoconch. It shows fine and numerous spiral threads.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East London - S KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Tylotiella herberti Kilburn, 1988.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  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

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