Clavosurcula schepmani explained

Clavosurcula schepmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.^[1]

The specific name schepmani is in honor of Dutch malacologist Mattheus Marinus Schepman.

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.5 mm, its diameter 12.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Eastern Indonesia.

References

• Sysoev, A., 1997. Mollusca Gastropoda: New deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 172: 325–355
• 1997: New deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia; Résultats des campagnes Musorstorm vol. 16

External links

• BioLib: Clavosurcula schepmani
• Holotype at the MNHN, Paris

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .