Biology:Clavatula mystica
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Clavatula mystica | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula mystica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Clavatula |
Species: | C. mystica
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Binomial name | |
Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavatula mystica 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 18 mm and 47 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Western Sahara to Ghana; also off the Canary Islands, Ivory Coast and North Angola.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ F.; Verstraeten, J. (2007). About a possible further range extension for Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843)(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) Neptunea 6(4): 10-22[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
External links
- "Clavatula mystica" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_14273.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavatula mystica.
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