Clavatula mystica
Clavatula mystica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula mystica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. mystica |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma mystica Reeve, 1843 | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 47 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Western Sahara to Ghana; also off the Canary Islands, Ivory Coast and North Angola.[3]
References
- Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- 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.
- F.; Verstraeten, J. (2007). About a possible further range extension for Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843)(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) Neptunea 6(4): 10-22
External links
- "Clavatula mystica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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