Clavus falcicosta

Clavus falcicosta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. falcicosta
Binomial name
	Clavus falcicosta; (Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms[1]
	Drillia falcicosta Barnard, 1958; Tylotiella falcicosta (Barnard, 1958);

Clavus falcicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The whorls are not shouldered. The axial ribs do not undulating on base and are not weakening below the suture. The spiral threads are microscopic or absent, except on the rostrum. The base of the body whorl lacks a row of pustules The terminal varix is strong. The subsutural region is not contrastingly dark.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal & Zululand, South Africa.

References

Barnard, K. H. 1958. Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Pt. 1. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 44: 73-163

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[WoRMS-1] Tylotiella falcicosta (Barnard, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3818(1): 1–69.