Clavus beckii
Clavus beckii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
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| Drawing of a shell of Clavus beckii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. beckii |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus beckii (Reeve, 1842) | |
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Description
The shell is oblong, cylindrically attenuated, sharp at the apex and six-angled. The whorls are longitudinally tuberculated at the angles. The entire shell is olive-brown except the tubercles, which are white. The columella and the interior of the mouth are brown. The siphonal canal is very short.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Indonesia.
References
- Clavus beckii (Reeve, 1842). 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.
- George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia beckii)
- Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 1–18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
External links
Two shells of Clavus beckii (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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