Biology:Clavus candens
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Drawing of a shell of Clavus candens | |
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. candens
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavus candens (Smith E. A., 1879)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Drillia candens Smith E. A., 1879 | |
Clavus candens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 12 mm. The shell is white, shining and subpellucid. There are eight whorls. The nuclear whorl is smooth. The normal whorls are obliquely ribbed, with here and there fine spiral striae requiring a glass to make them out. The lower part of body whorl is obliquely grooved. The anal sinus is very wide and deep.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs along Korea and Japan .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clavus candens (Smith E. A., 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 September 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 203; 1884 (described as Drillia candens)
Wikidata ☰ Q3658919 entry
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