Clavatula diadema
Clavatula diadema common name the diadem turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
| Clavatula diadema | |
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| Two views of a shell of Clavatula diadema | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. diadema |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula diadema (Kiener, 1840) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma diadema Kiener, 1840 | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 38 mm.
References
- Clavatula diadema (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.
- Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers, pl. 8; f. 2; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
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