Clavus nodulosa

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

Clavus nodulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Drilliidae
Genus:
Clavus
Species:
C. nodulosa
Binomial name
Clavus nodulosa
(Pease, 1863) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Drillia nodulosa Pease, 1863

Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm; its diameter is 4.5 mm.

(Original description) The shell is pyramidally oblong. It contains eight whorls. These are concavely depressed above and contain about ten longitudinally nodose ribs. The body whorl is encircled by a row of tuberculous nodules, in continuation of the longitudinal ribs. The aperture is oval. The sinus is round and deep. The short siphonal canal is wide. The color of the shell is reddish brown. The ribs and the base of the columella are whitish.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Pacific Ocean and in the Indian Ocean along Réunion.

References
  1. Pease. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1862, p. 279
  2. Clavus nodulosa (Pease, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
  3. W.H. Pease, Description of New Species of Marine Shells from the Pacific Islands; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1862)
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
  • "Clavus nodulosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
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