Clavatula flammulata
Clavatula flammulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
| Clavatula flammulata | |
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| Clavatula flammulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. flammulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula flammulata Knudsen, 1952 | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 38 mm and 48 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Gabon.
Fossils were found in Pleistocene strata in Morocco.
References
- Clavatula flammulata Knudsen, 1952. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Lecointre (G.), 1963 - Recherches sur le Néogène et le Quaternaire marins de la côte atlantique du Maroc. Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc, vol. 174, p. 1-75
- Lecointre (G.), 1966 - Néogène récent et Quaternaire du Bassin côtier de Tarfaya. Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc, vol. 175, p. 253-298
- Brébion (P.), 1979 - Iconographie critique des Gastéopodes marins du Pliocène supérieur et du Quaternaire marocains atlantiques. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, sér. 2, t. 1, vol. 2, p. 137-149
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
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