Clavus fusconitens
Clavus fusconitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
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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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus fusconitens (G. B. Sowerby III, 1901) | |
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Description
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]
Distribution
This marine species occurs from the Philippines and Tahiti, French Polynesia.
References
- Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clavus fusconitens (G. B. Sowerby III, 1901). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594543 on 2016-08-11
- 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.
- Sowerby, G.B. (III) (1901) On seven new species of marine Mollusca collected by Dr. H. Becker at "The Kowie," South Africa. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 4, p. 209
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