Clavus bilineatus explained
Clavus bilineatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 24 mm. G.W. Tryon thought this species to be a synonym of Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845) (described as Drillia pulchella).[2] He stated that the differences were only in the tuberculations being less sharp and the color not so bright, with a brownish tinge.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, off the Philippines and Taiwan,[3] and also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).
References
- Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
- Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 1–33
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Notes and References
- 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 .
- G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884
- http://shell.sinica.edu.tw/reference/000267.pdf Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Shells of the Classic Turridae from Taiwan II. Clavidae, Bulletin 01 Malacology, Taiwan ROC, 貝類學報, 23: 69–77 (1 999)