Clavatula tripartita

Clavatula tripartita
Drawing of Clavatula tripartita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Clavatula
Species:	C. tripartita
Binomial name
Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula parilis Smith, E.A., 1901 Clionella assimilans Turton, W.H., 1932 Clionella bipartita Smith, E.A., 1877 Pleurotoma tripartita Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876

Clavatula tripartita 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 26 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa to Mozambique

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215592 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. 

• Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417-470

External links

• Gastropods.com: Clavatula tripartita; accessed: 22 August 2011