Clavatula lelieuri
Clavatula lelieuri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2][3]
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| Apertural view of Clavatula lelieuri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. lelieuri |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula lelieuri (Récluz, 1851) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pleurotoma lelieuri Recluz, 1851 | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm. The turreted shell is yellowish brown. The upper portion of the whorls are covered with large brown maculations and a revolving series of small brown spots just above the lower carina. The whorls are smooth and concave above, with revolving raised lines below the bicarinated periphery.[4]
References
- Recluz. Jour, de Conch., ii, t. 5, f. 7
- Clavatula lelieuri (Récluz, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- 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.
- George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI pp. 228–229; 1884
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
External links
- "Clavatula lelieuri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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