Clionella kraussii

Clionella kraussii
Clionella kraussii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clionella
Species: C. kraussii
Binomial name
Clionella krausii
(Smith E. A., 1877)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma krausii Smith E. A., 1877

Clionella kraussii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along False Bay and West Transkei, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Clionella kraussii (Smith E. A., 1877).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216087 on 22 August 2011.
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417-470

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