Clavatula delphinae

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

Clavatula delphinae 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 10 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

  1. ^ Clavatula delphinae Nolf, 2008.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433253 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. 

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