Clavatula diadema

Clavatula diadema
Two views of a shell of Clavatula diadema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species: C. diadema
Binomial name
Clavatula diadema
(Kiener, 1840)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma diadema Kiener, 1840

Clavatula diadema common name the diadem turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 38 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola.

References

  1. 1 2 Clavatula diadema (Kiener, 1840).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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.


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