Clavus aglaia
| Clavus aglaia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. aglaia |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavus aglaia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 30 mm. A species of a solid build, white, with a violet apex and a few brownish spots scattered here and there on the upper halves of the ribs, and dotted with the same colour immediately beneath the suture. [3]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Northwest Indian Ocean off Mumbai.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918). 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.
- ^ Smith, E.A. (1888). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (2): 300–317. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Apte, D. 1998. Book of Indian shells. Oxford University Press