Biology:Clavatula milleti

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Clavatula milleti
Clavatula milleti 001.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula milleti (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. milleti
Binomial name
Clavatula milleti
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus milleti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 (original combination)
  • Fusus subgranulatus Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Pusionella milleti milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)

Clavatula milleti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 55 mm.

The color of the shell is whitish, or yellowish flesh-color, or brown. It is more or less decussated by longitudinal and revolving engraved lines, sometimes forming granulations especially on the spire The revolving lines are prominent on the body whorl, where the longitudinal ones are usually subobsolete.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa (Senegal)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  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. 
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 235; 1884 (described as Pusionella milleti)
  • Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1851) Notice sur un groupe de coquilles classées parmi les Fuseaux (Fusus Lam.), avec la description de plusieurs espèces. Journal de Conchyliologie, 2, 73–79, 2 pls. page(s): 78, pl. 2 fig.
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3714774 entry