Clavatula mystica

Clavatula mystica
Clavatula mystica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species: C. mystica
Binomial name
Clavatula mystica
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma mystica Reeve, 1843

Clavatula mystica 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 16 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Western Sahara to Ghana.

References

  1. ^ a b Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345762 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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