Clavus lamberti | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavus lamberti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Clavus |
Species: | C. lamberti
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Binomial name | |
Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Clavus lamberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm. The shell is yellowish brown, with a central reddish chestnut band, filled with a double series of revolving white-tipped tubercles. Below this, on the body whorl, there is a second narrower band, bearing a single series of small white tubercles, a brown line and spots at the base. [2]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off East Africa, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia ( Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), New Caledonia, and Polynesia.
Clavus lamberti | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavus lamberti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Clavus |
Species: | C. lamberti
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Binomial name | |
Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Clavus lamberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm. The shell is yellowish brown, with a central reddish chestnut band, filled with a double series of revolving white-tipped tubercles. Below this, on the body whorl, there is a second narrower band, bearing a single series of small white tubercles, a brown line and spots at the base. [2]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off East Africa, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia ( Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), New Caledonia, and Polynesia.