Biology:Clavus maestratii
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Clavus maestratii | |
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| Shell of Clavus maestratii (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. maestratii
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| Clavus maestratii Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014
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Clavus maestratii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 11.8 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
The shell is shiny and glossy and ranges in color from pale brown or grayish-brown to orange-brown, with the ribs usually being lighter in color. [3]
The shell has a short siphonal canal (a long, narrow tube structure that extends from the opening of the shell) and a slightly contracted opening near its base.[4]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus maestratii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765578 on 2016-08-07
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ BOUCHET, P. (August 1, 2011). "A NEW OPERATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE CONOIDEA (GASTROPODA)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–275. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ↑ Kilburn, Richard; Fedesov, Alexander; Kantor, Yuri (2014-06-18). "he shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea)". Zootaxa 3818 (1): 69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3818.1.1.
- Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P. ("1913" [1914]) Les Pleurotomes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie, 61, 123–214.
- Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3818(1): 1–69
Wikidata ☰ Q28431593 entry
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