Clavus putillus

Clavus putillus
Drawing of Clavus putilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Clavus
Species: C. putillus
Binomial name
Clavus putillus
(Reeve, 1845) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia putillus Reeve, 1845
  • Pleurotoma albicincta Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1850
  • Pleurotoma putillus Reeve, 1845

Clavus putillus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm. The shell is yellowish white, chestnut-tinted between the slight longitudinal ribs. The tuberculate periphery forms a strong angle on the whorls. The lip is simple and thin. The anal sinus is broad and shallow.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of tropical Indo-Pacific along the Philippines and in the South China Sea and East China Sea.

References

  1. ↑ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 219
  2. 1 2 Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 September 2011.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 200; 1884 (described as Drillia putillus)
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

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