Clavatula imperialis | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula imperialis (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Clavatula |
Species: | C. imperialis
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Binomial name | |
Clavatula imperialis
Lamarck, 1816
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Clavatula imperialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. [1] [2]
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The ovate shell is short and ventricose. It is clothed with a thick, dark olive-colored epidermis. The whorls are angulated above, the angle having a row of scale-like tubercles. The columella is covered with a thick white callus. The interior of the aperture is stained above and below with violet. [3]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Clavatula imperialis | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula imperialis (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Clavatula |
Species: | C. imperialis
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Binomial name | |
Clavatula imperialis
Lamarck, 1816
|
Clavatula imperialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. [1] [2]
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The ovate shell is short and ventricose. It is clothed with a thick, dark olive-colored epidermis. The whorls are angulated above, the angle having a row of scale-like tubercles. The columella is covered with a thick white callus. The interior of the aperture is stained above and below with violet. [3]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.