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Clavus opalus 
Apertural view of Clavus opalus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Drilliidae Genus: Clavus Species: C. opalus Binomial name Clavus opalus
(Reeve, 1845)Synonyms[1] - Mangilia opalus Reeve, 1845
- Plagiostropha opalus (Reeve, 1845)
- Pleurotoma opalus Reeve, 1845
Clavus opalus 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 9 mm and 20 mm. The shell has continuous longitudinal distant ribs. The wide interstices are smooth or with revolving striae. The whorls are obtusely angulated in the middle. The shell is white with the interstices of the ribs sometimes more or less stained with brown. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along Fiji and the Philippines.
References
- ^ a b Clavus opalus (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433294 on 21 September 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 253; 1884 (described as Mangilia opalus)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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