Clavus herberti
Clavus herberti | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Clavus |
Species: | C. herberti |
Binomial name | |
Clavus herberti (Kilburn, 1988) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Tylotiella herberti Kilburn, 1988 (original combination) |
Clavus herberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the brownish orange shell attains 16.4 mm, its diameter 6.1 mm. The strongly patterned, claviform shell has a rather low spire and a proportionally large and blunt protoconch. It shows fine and numerous spiral threads. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off East London - S KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
References
- 1 2 Tylotiella herberti Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ↑ Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167-320. page(s): 190, figs 7, 97-100
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