Biology:Clavus hewittae

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Clavus hewittae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. hewittae
Binomial name
Clavus hewittae
Wells, 1991

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the demersal zone off Western Australia.

References

  1. Clavus hewittae Wells, 1991. WoRMS (2009). Clavus hewittae Wells, 1991. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433288 on 21 September 2011 .
  • Wells, F.E. 1991. A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 12: 1–33
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

Wikidata ☰ Q5129723 entry