Clavus beckii

Clavus beckii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Clavus beckii
Drawing of a shell of Clavus beckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. beckii
Binomial name
Clavus beckii
(Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia beckii Reeve, 1842
  • Pleurotoma beckii Reeve, 1842

Description

The shell is oblong, cylindrically attenuated, sharp at the apex and six-angled. The whorls are longitudinally tuberculated at the angles. The entire shell is olive-brown except the tubercles, which are white. The columella and the interior of the mouth are brown. The siphonal canal is very short.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

  1. Clavus beckii (Reeve, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 September 2011.
  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.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia beckii)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 1–18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Two shells of Clavus beckii (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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