Biology:Clavus lamberti
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Apertural view of a shell of Clavus lamberti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. lamberti
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| Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860)
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Clavus lamberti 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 20 mm. The shell is yellowish brown, with a central reddish chestnut band, filled with a double series of revolving white-tipped tubercles. Below this, on the body whorl, there is a second narrower band, bearing a single series of small white tubercles, a brown line and spots at the base.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off East Africa, the Philippines , Papua New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), New Caledonia, and Polynesia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 198; 1884 (described as Drillia lamberti)
- Montrouzier, R.P. 1859. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelle de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 7(2): 373–375
- Kobelt, W. 1886. Das Genus Pleurotoma. pp. 173–184 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet. Die Familie Pleurotomidae. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 4.
- Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214
- Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the Western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls.
- Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
- 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 Australia 12: 1–33
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 107
- 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
External links
- "Clavus lamberti" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_9389.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5129727 entry
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