Clathurella rava

Clathurella rava
Clathurella rava
Drawing of Clathurella rava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae [1]
Genus: Clathurella
Species: C. rava
Binomial name
Clathurella rava
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathurella serrata Carpenter, P.P., 1856
  • Clavatula rava Hinds, 1843
  • Philbertia telamon Dall, W.H., 1919

Clathurella rava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm. The color of the shell is fulvous. The interstices of the ribs and the edge of the lip are stained purple-red. The anal sinus is wide and deep. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico and along Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ a b Clathurella rava (Hinds, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433243 on 29 March 2010.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 296; 1884

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