Clavatula sacerdos

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

Clavatula sacerdos
Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula sacerdos (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. sacerdos
Binomial name
Clavatula sacerdos
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma sacerdos Reeve, 1845

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 17 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Western Sahara to Senegal.

References


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