Clavus obliquatus | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavus obliquatus (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. obliquatus
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Binomial name | |
Clavus obliquatus (
Reeve, 1845)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Clavus obliquatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 33 mm.
The shell is yellowish brown, within and without, with a narrow lighter band on the periphery, and sometimes a row of white dots on the ribs a little below the middle of the body whorl. There are a few revolving striae at the base of the shell. [2]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland; it has also been found off the Philippines.
Clavus obliquatus | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavus obliquatus (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. obliquatus
|
Binomial name | |
Clavus obliquatus (
Reeve, 1845)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Clavus obliquatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 33 mm.
The shell is yellowish brown, within and without, with a narrow lighter band on the periphery, and sometimes a row of white dots on the ribs a little below the middle of the body whorl. There are a few revolving striae at the base of the shell. [2]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland; it has also been found off the Philippines.