Clavus pica

Clavus pica
	Two views of a shell of Clavus pica (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. pica
Binomial name
	Clavus pica; (Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
	Clavus (Tylotia) pica (Reeve, 1843); Drillia pica (Reeve, 1843); Pleurotoma (Drillia) pica Reeve, 1843; Turris (Inquisitor) pica (Reeve, 1843); Tylotiella pica (Reeve, 1843);

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm. The thick shell is whitish, irregularly variegated with a few large squarish brown spots. The upper portion of the whorls is smooth, concave, below the periphery with numerous narrow ribs. The anal sinus is broad.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific off Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Tuamotus and Christmas Island.

References

Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 190; 1884 (described as Drillia pica)

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3818(1): 1–69

External links

"Clavus (Tylotia) pica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.

[2] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 190; 1884 (described as Drillia pica)