Clavus lamberti

Clavus lamberti
Apertural view of Clavus lamberti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. lamberti
Binomial name
Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia lamberti Montrouziezr, 1860 Drillia lauta Pease, W.H., 1867 Pleurotoma lamberti Montrouzier, 1860

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies betweden 8 mm and 20 mm. The shell is yellowish brown, with a central reddish chestnut band, filled with a double series of revolving white-tipped tubercles. Below this, on the body whorl, there is a second narrower band, bearing a single series of small white tubercles, a brown line and spots at the base. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along East Africa, Australia, New Caledonia, and Polynesia.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Clavus lamberti (Montrouzier, 1860).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433291 on 21 September 2011.
2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 198; 1884 (described as Drillia lamberti)

• Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 107
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

External links

• gastropods.com: Clavus lamberti; accessed: 21 September 2011