Biology:Clavus coffea
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Clavus coffea | |
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| Two shells of Clavus coffea (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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. coffea
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavus coffea (Smith E. A., 1882)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Clavus) coffea Smith E. A., 1882 | |
Clavus coffea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The ovate shell has an acuminate apex. The color of the shell is red with white ribs in the middle. The fine apical whorls are small and produced suddenly into a cone. The shell contains 9 slightly convex whorls. The length of the aperture equals 7/17th of the length of the shell. The columella is callous and covered with tubercles at the suture. The anal sinus is small and located under a tubercle. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]
Distribution
This species is found in the demersal zone of the Western Central Pacific Ocean off the Philippines .[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clavus coffea (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ↑ Smith, E.A. (1882a), Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
- ↑ "Clavus coffea" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_18762.shtml.
- ↑ Sealifebase.org : Clavus coffea
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
Wikidata ☰ Q5129710 entry
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