Calliclava albolaqueata

Calliclava albolaqueata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Calliclava albolaqueata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Calliclava
Species:
C. albolaqueata
Binomial name
Calliclava albolaqueata
(Carpenter, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus cretatus Smith, E.A., 1888
  • Mangelia albolaqueata Carpenter, 1865
  • Mangilia albolaqueata Carpenter, 1865

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 24 mm. The shell has an ivory-white colour, and has ribs in slanting rows.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Nicaragua.

References

  1. Calliclava albolaqueata (Carpenter, 1865). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 September 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.


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