Clavatula pfefferi

Clavatula pfefferi
Clavatula pfefferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species: C. pfefferi
Binomial name
Clavatula pfefferi
(Strebel, 1912)
Synonyms[1]

Tomella pfefferi Strebel, 1912

Clavatula pfefferi 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 45 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the equatorial zone of the Atlantic Ocean along Gabon.

References

  1. ^ a b Clavatula pfefferi (Strebel, 1912).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225514 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. 
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.

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