Clavatula gabonensis

Clavatula gabonensis
Clavatula gabonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species: C. gabonensis
Binomial name
Clavatula gabonensis
Melvill, 1923

Clavatula gabonensis, common name the Gabon turrid, 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 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal and Gabon.

References

  1. ^ Clavatula gabonensis Melvill, 1923.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433255 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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