Clavus vidua

Clavus vidua
Clavus vidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species: C. vidua
Binomial name
Clavus vidua
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus nigrozonatus Weinkauff, H.C. & W. Kobelt, 1876
  • Clavus protentus Hervier, R.P.J., 1896
  • Pleurotoma vidua Reeve, 1845

Clavus vidua, common name the black-banded clava, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

This species also goes under the name Clavus viduus.

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along the Philippines, the Loyalty Islands

References

  1. ^ a b Clavus vidua (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433304 on 22 September 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

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