Clavus flammulatus | |
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Two views of a shell of Clavus flammulatus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Clavus |
Species: | C. flammulatus
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Binomial name | |
Clavus flammulatus Montfort, 1810
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Clavus flammulatus, common name the flame turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The shell is whitish, with chestnut longitudinal streaks, forming bands interrupted by the ribs, often chestnut-spotted between the tubercles. [2]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean; also off Australia ( Western Australia).
Clavus flammulatus | |
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Two views of a shell of Clavus flammulatus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Clavus |
Species: | C. flammulatus
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Binomial name | |
Clavus flammulatus Montfort, 1810
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Clavus flammulatus, common name the flame turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The shell is whitish, with chestnut longitudinal streaks, forming bands interrupted by the ribs, often chestnut-spotted between the tubercles. [2]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean; also off Australia ( Western Australia).