Clavus cantharis

Clavus cantharis
Drawing of Clavus cantharis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. cantharis
Binomial name
Clavus cantharis
(Reeve, 1845) [1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Drillia cantharis Reeve, 1845
  • Pleurotoma cantharis Reeve, 1845 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma scarabaeus Reeve, 1846

Clavus cantharis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2][4]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The smooth, obtusely ovate shell is thick and solid. Its color is very dark brown, the nodules are whitish. The whorls are oblique and nodosely plicated round the middle. The anal sinus is rather large.[5]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific Region, off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ Reeve. Proc. Zool. Soc. of London, 1845, p. 116
  2. ^ a b Clavus cantharis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 September 2011.
  3. ^ Malacolog : Clavus
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 199; 1884 (described as Drillia cantharis)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.