Clavus falcicosta

Clavus falcicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species: C. falcicosta
Binomial name
Clavus falcicosta
(Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia falcicosta Barnard, 1958
  • Tylotiella falcicosta (Barnard, 1958)

Clavus falcicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The whorls are not shouldered. The axial ribs do not undulating on base and are not weakening below the suture. The spiral threads are microscopic or absent, except on the rostrum. The base of the body whorl lacks a row of pustules The terminal varix is strong. The subsutural region is not contrastingly dark. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal & Zululand, South Africa.

References

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