Clavus fusconitens | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavus fusconitens (museum specimen 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. fusconitens
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Binomial name | |
Clavus fusconitens (G. B. Sowerby III, 1901)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Clavus fusconitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1] [2]
The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The glossy, dark-brown shell has a fusiform shape. The angularity, common to the genus Clavus, is scarcely apparent. The shell contains 8 slightly convex whorls and 8 longitudinal ribs. The aperture is oblong. The almost straight columella shows a small callus. The acute outer lip is produced. The siphonal canal is short and not very wide. [3]
This marine species occurs from the Philippines and Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Clavus fusconitens | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavus fusconitens (museum specimen 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. fusconitens
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Binomial name | |
Clavus fusconitens (G. B. Sowerby III, 1901)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Clavus fusconitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1] [2]
The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The glossy, dark-brown shell has a fusiform shape. The angularity, common to the genus Clavus, is scarcely apparent. The shell contains 8 slightly convex whorls and 8 longitudinal ribs. The aperture is oblong. The almost straight columella shows a small callus. The acute outer lip is produced. The siphonal canal is short and not very wide. [3]
This marine species occurs from the Philippines and Tahiti, French Polynesia.