Clathurella rigida

Clathurella rigida
Clathurella rigida
Drawing of Clathurella rigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae [1]
Genus: Clathurella
Species: C. rigida
Binomial name
Clathurella rigida
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathurella affinis Dall, W.H., 1871
  • Clavatula rigida Hinds, 1843
  • Mangilia rigida Hinds, 1843

Clathurella rigida 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 6.3 mm and 8 mm. The color of the shell is fulvous. The shoulder undulates at the angle by the longitudinal ribs, which are crossed by raised striae. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Baja California, Panama and the Galapagos Islands.

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 rigida (Hinds, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433244 on 16 August 2011.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 269; 1884 (described as Mangilia rigida)

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