- Clavus pica
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Clavus pica Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Drilliidae Genus: Clavus Species: C. pica Binomial name Clavus pica
(Reeve, 1843)Synonyms[1] - Clavus (Tylotia) pica (Reeve, 1843)
- Pleurotoma pica Reeve, 1843
Clavus pica 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 8 mm and 25 mm. The thick shell is whitish, irregularly variegated with a few large squarish brown spots. The upper portion of the whorls is smooth, concave, below the periphery with numerous narrow ribs. The anal sinus is broad. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific along Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Tuamotus and Christmas Island.
References
- ^ a b Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433296 on 21 September 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 190; 1884 (described as Drillia pica)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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