Clathurella rava

Clathurella rava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

Clathurella rava
Drawing of Clathurella rava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Clathurellidae [1]
Genus:
Clathurella
Species:
C. rava
Binomial name
Clathurella rava
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathurella serrata Carpenter, P.P., 1856Small text
  • Clavatula rava Hinds, 1843
  • Philbertia telamon Dall, W.H., 1919

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm. The color of the shell is fulvous. The interstices of the ribs and the edge of the lip are stained purple-red. The anal sinus is wide and deep.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of California, Mexico and along Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

References
  1. Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.
  2. Clathurella rava (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 296; 1884


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