- Clavus flammulatus
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Clavus flammulatus 
Drawing of Clavus flammulatus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Drilliidae Genus: Clavus Species: C. flammulatus Binomial name Clavus flammulatus
Montfort, 1810Synonyms[1] - Clavatula echinata Lamarck, 1816
- Drillia echinata Lamarck, 1816
Clavus flammulatus, common name the flame turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The shell is whitish, with chestnut longitudinal streaks, forming bands interrupted by the ribs, often chestnut-spotted between the tubercles. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean.
References
- ^ a b Clavus flammulatus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433284 on 19 September 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 185; 1884 (described as Drillia echinata)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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