- Clavus wilmeri
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Clavus wilmeri 
Drawing of Clavus wilmeri Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Drilliidae Genus: Clavus Species: C. wilmeri Binomial name Clavus wilmeri
(Smith E. A., 1879) [1]Synonyms[2] - Drillia wilmeri Smith E. A., 1879
- Pleurotoma wilmeri Smith E. A., 1879
Clavus wilmeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
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Description
The shell grows to a length of 16 mm. The shell is sharply keeled and noduled on the periphery, with revolving striae below it, stronger towards the base. The shell is whitish, stained with chestnut at the apex and on the lower part of the body whorl. There is a row of chestnut dots between the nodules of the periphery. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Andaman Islands.
References
- ^ Smith. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1878, p. 805, pi. 50, f. 4
- ^ a b Clavus wilmeri (Smith E. A., 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433305 on 22 September 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 205-206; 1884 (described as Drillia wilmeri)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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