Biology:Clavatula debilis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Clavatula debilis
Clavatula debilis 001.jpg
The shell and the protoconch of Clavatula debilis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. debilis
Binomial name
Clavatula debilis
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella debilis Hinds, 1843
  • Glyphostomoides debilis Hinds, 1843
  • Pleurotoma debilis Reeve, 1846

Clavatula debilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]

Description

The elongate, fusiform and acuminate shell grows to a length of 14 mm. It contains eight rounded and ribbed whorls, transversely striate. The small ribs are round. The sutures are simple. The inner lip is crenulate. The siphonal canal is of mediocre length.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Guinea; in the Strait of Macassar, Indonesia; off the Philippines , Thailand and off Zanzibar; also off Darnley Island, Torres Straits.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q24260498 entry