Clavatula milleti

Clavatula milleti
Drawing of Clavatula milleti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Clavatula
Species:	C. milleti
Binomial name
Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
Fusus milleti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 Pusionella lupinus Philippi, R.A., 1850 Pusionella lirata Adams, A., 1853 Pusionella milleti milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 55 mm. The color of the shell is whitish, or yellowish flesh-color, or brown. It is more or less decussated by longitudinal and revolving engraved lines, some- times forming granulations especially on the spire The revolving lines are prominent on the body whorl, where the longitudinal ones are usually subobsolete. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa (Senegal)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433262 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. 
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 235; 1884 (described as Pusionella milleti)

External links

• Gastropods.com: Pusionella milleti milleti; accessed : 21 August 2011