Clavus (gastropod)

Clavus (gastropod)
Clavus
A shell of Clavus laeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Montfort, 1810
Type species
Clavus flammulatus Montfort, 1810
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavicantha Swainson, 1840
  • Eldridgea Bartsch, 1934
  • Pleurotoma (Clavus) Montfort, 1810
  • Tylotia Melvill, 1917

Clavus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]

Description

Apart from the general characteristics of the genera in the family Drilliidae, the species in the genus Clavus have a shell with peripheral tubercles, spines or wing-like processes. [3] The aperture is rather large. The outer lip is produced below the sinus. [4]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Clavus : [5]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Clavus aeneus (Hedley, 1922) : synonym of Antiguraleus aeneus (Hedley, 1922)
  • Clavus fusconitens (Sowerby, 1901): synonym of Clavus laeta (Hinds, 1843)
  • Clavus candidulus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of Splendrillia candidulus (Hedley, 1922)
  • Clavus costatus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of Graciliclava costata (Hedley, 1922)
  • Clavus flexus Shuto, 1983 : synonym of Plagiostropha flexus (Shuto, 1983)
  • Clavus gibberulus Hervier, 1896 : synonym of Drillia gibberulus (Hervier, 1896)
  • Clavus lacertosus (Hedley, 1922): synonym of Bathytoma lacertosus Hedley, 1922
  • Clavus maravignae (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) : synonym of Crassopleura maravignae (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following species with names in current use :

  • Clavus berenice (Dall, 1918)
  • Clavus siebenrocki (Sturany, 1903)
Subgenus Clavus
  • Clavus intermaculatus (E. A. Smith, 1879)

References

  1. ^ a b Clavus .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205108 on 21 August 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. ^ Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, Chapter 3 , History and Taxonomy of the Clavidae; June 1, 2001
  4. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 155; 1884 (treated as section within the genus Drillia)
  5. ^ WoRMS : Clavus
  6. ^ OBIS : Clavus bilineatus
  7. ^ OBIS : Clavus cygneus
  8. ^ OBIS : Clavus fulvus
  9. ^ OBIS : Clavus laetus
  10. ^ OBIS : Clavus (Clavus) viduus


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