Clavus aglaia

Clavus aglaia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. aglaia
Binomial name
	Clavus aglaia; (Dall, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
	Clavus crassa (Smith E.A,. 1888); Pleurotoma aglaia Dall, 1918; Pleurotoma (Drillia) crassa (Smith E.A,. 1888) (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma crassa Edwards, 1856; Pleurotoma aglaia Dall, 1918 is a replacement name);

Clavus aglaia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 30 mm. A species of a solid build, white, with a violet apex and a few brownish spots scattered here and there on the upper halves of the ribs, and dotted with the same colour immediately beneath the suture.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Indian Ocean off Mumbai.

References

Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 September 2011.
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.

Apte, D. 1998. Book of Indian shells. Oxford University Press

External links

Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317

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[WoRMS-1] Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 September 2011.

[Conoidea-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.