- Clavus putillus
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Clavus putillus 
Drawing of Clavus putilus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Drilliidae Genus: Clavus Species: C. putillus Binomial name Clavus putillus
(Reeve, 1845) [1]Synonyms[2] - Drillia putillus Reeve, 1845
- Pleurotoma albicincta Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1850
- Pleurotoma putillus Reeve, 1845
Clavus putillus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
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Description
The shell grows to a length of 15 mm. The shell is yellowish white, chestnut-tinted between the slight longitudinal ribs. The tuberculate periphery forms a strong angle on the whorls. The lip is simple and thin. The anal sinus is broad and shallow. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of tropical Indo-Pacific along the Philippines and in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
References
- ^ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 219
- ^ a b Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433299 on 22 September 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 200; 1884 (described as Drillia putillus)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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