Biology:Clavus powelli

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Clavus powelli
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. powelli
Binomial name
Clavus powelli
Kay, 1979
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus (Tylotiella) powelli Kay, 1979

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm and have an approximate body volume of 0.112 cm3.

They are multicellular organisms with an NHMUK type specimen repository. They have a dextrally coiled body symmetry.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Central Pacific off Hawaii and Fiji.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Clavus powelli Kay, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 September 2011.
  • Kay, E. Alison. Hawaiian marine shells. Vol. 64. Bishop Museum Press, 1979.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5129738 entry