Clavatula gabonensis

Clavatula gabonensis, common name the Gabon turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Clavatula gabonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. gabonensis
Binomial name
Clavatula gabonensis
Melvill, 1923

Description

The shell grows to a length of 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal and Gabon.

References
  1. Clavatula gabonensis Melvill, 1923. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 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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