Clavatula congoensis

Clavatula congoensis
Clavatula congoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species: C. congoensis
Binomial name
Clavatula congoensis
Nolf & Verstraeten, 2008

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

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Congo-Brazzaville.

References

  1. ^ Clavatula congoensis Nolf & Verstraeten, 2008.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433250 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. 
  • Nolf, F.; Verstraeten, J. (2008). Two new turrid species from Congo-Brazzaville: Clavatula hattenbergeri and Clavatula congoensis (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) Neptunea 7(1): 17-20, plates I-IX

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