Clavatula congoensis

Clavatula congoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Clavatula congoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. congoensis
Binomial name
Clavatula congoensis
Nolf & Verstraeten, 2008

Description

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Republic of Congo.

References

  1. Clavatula congoensis Nolf & Verstraeten, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  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.
  • Nolf, F.; Verstraeten, J. (2008). Two new turrid species from Congo-Brazzaville: Clavatula hattenbergeri and Clavatula congoensis (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) Neptunea 7(1): 17–20, plates I-IX


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