Clavus beckii

Clavus beckii
Drawing of Clavus beckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. beckii
Binomial name
Clavus beckii (Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia beckii Reeve, 1842 Pleurotoma beckii Reeve, 1842

Clavus beckii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The shell is oblong, cylindrically attenuated, sharp at the apex and six-angled. The whorls are longitudinally tuberculated at the angles. The entire shell is olive-brown except the tubercles, which are white. The columella and the interior of the mouth are brown. The siphonal canal is very short. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Clavus beckii (Reeve, 1842).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433273 on 8 September 2011.
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. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia beckii)

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