Clavus hylikos explained

Clavus hylikos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.6 mm. The species has significant variation in color patterning and body proportions. The mollusc also has 40 rows of teeth.^[3]

Distribution

This is a marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

• Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3818(1): 1-69

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus hylikos Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765577 on 2016-08-07
2. 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 .
3. Web site: Clavus hylikos . 2024-04-30 . www.gbif.org . es.