Clavatula tripartita

Clavatula tripartita
Clavatula tripartita
Drawing of Clavatula tripartita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species: C. tripartita
Binomial name
Clavatula tripartita
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula parilis Smith, E.A., 1901
  • Clionella assimilans Turton, W.H., 1932
  • Clionella bipartita Smith, E.A., 1877
  • Pleurotoma tripartita Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876

Clavatula tripartita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 26 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa to Mozambique

References

  1. ^ a b Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215592 on 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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. 
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417-470

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