Clionella aglaophanes

Clionella aglaophanes
Clionella aglaophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clionella
Species: C. aglaophanes
Binomial name
Clionella aglaophanes
(Watson, 1882)
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia aglaophanes Watson, 1882 [1]
  • Pleurotoma aglaophanes Watson, 1882

Clionella aglaophanes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2] [3]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 7.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Puerto Rico, St Thomas and the Virgin Islands

References

  1. ^ Watson, Jour. Linn. Soc., p. 251, vol. xvi, 1882
  2. ^ a b Clionella aglaophanes (Watson, 1882).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433310 on 4 April 2010.
  3. ^ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017. 

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