Clavus pulchella

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

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 21 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along Mauritius, the Philippines and Kwajalein.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433297 on 22 September 2011.
2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia pulchella)

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

External links

• Gastropods.com: Clavus (Tylotiella) pulchella; retrieved: 22 September 2011