Makiyamaia gravis
Makiyamaia gravis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
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| Drawing of a shell of Makiyamaia gravis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Makiyamaia |
| Species: | M. gravis |
| Binomial name | |
| Makiyamaia gravis (Hinds, 1843) | |
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Description
The height of the shell attains 37 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Makiyamaia gravis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596585 on 2016-06-02
- 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.
- Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae." Annals of the Natal Museum 26.2 (1985): 417–470.
- Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1–58.
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