Clionella subventricosa

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

Pleurotoma subventricosa Smith E. A., 1877

Clionella subventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 22 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from False Bay to Cape Agulhas, South Africa

References

  1. ^ a b Clionella subventricosa (E.A. Smith, 1877).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216082 on 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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. 
  • ilburn, 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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