Clavus ebur

Clavus ebur
Drawing of Clavus ebur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. ebur
Binomial name
Clavus ebur (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia ebur Reeve, 1845 Plagiostropha ebur (Reeve, 1845) Pleurotoma ebur Reeve, 1845

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

Description

The shell is pure white, strongly nodulosely plicate and obsoletely spirally striate. The length of the shell is 17 mm. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the demersal zone of tropical waters in the Western Atlantic Ocean. ^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Clavus ebur (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432628 on 5 April 2010.
2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 188; 1884 (described as Drillia ebur)
3. ^ Sealifebase : Clavus ebur

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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