Clavus picoides
Clavus picoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
| Clavus picoides | |
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| Shell of Clavus picoides (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. picoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus picoides Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 8.7 mm.
It is a long, kind of tapered cone with many ridges and a spiral. A small hole at the bottom
is the nook in which the sea snail inhabits.
Distribution
This is a marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus picoides Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765574 on 2016-08-07
- 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.
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