Clavatula tripartita

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

Clavatula tripartita
Apertural view of Clavatula tripartita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. tripartita
Binomial name
Clavatula tripartita
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula (Clionella) bipartita Smith E.A., 187
  • Clavatula (Perrona) obesa Reeve, 1884
  • Clavatula parilis Smith, E.A., 1901
  • Clionella assimilans Turton, W.H., 1932
  • Clionella bipartita Smith, E.A., 1877
  • Clionella tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
  • Pleurotoma (Clionella) bipartita E. A. Smith, 1877 (typographical error for tripartita)
  • Pleurotoma (Clavatula) tripartita Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876 (basionym)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 26 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa to Mozambique

References

  1. Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 July 2012.
  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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