Clavus bilineatus

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

Clavus bilineatus
Apertural view of a shell of Clavus bilineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. bilineatus
Binomial name
Clavus bilineatus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia bilineata Reeve, 1845
  • Pleurotoma bilineata Reeve, 1845 (basionym)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 24 mm. G.W. Tryon thought this species to be a synonym of Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845) (described as Drillia pulchella).[3] He stated that the differences were only in the tuberculations being less sharp and the color not so bright, with a brownish tinge.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, off the Philippines and Taiwan,[4] and also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).

References
  1. Clavus bilineatus (Reeve, 1845). 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. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884
  4. Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Shells of the Classic Turridae from Taiwan II. Clavidae, Bulletin 01 Malacology, Taiwan ROC， 貝類學報， 23: 69–77 (1 999)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 1–33
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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