Clavus cadenasi

Clavus cadenasi, common name Cadena's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Clavus cadenasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. cadenasi
Binomial name
Clavus cadenasi
(Clench & Aguayo, 1939)
Synonyms[1]

Tylotia cadenasi Clench & Aguayo, 1939

Description

The shell grows to a length of 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba.

References

  1. Clavus cadenasi (Clench & Aguayo, 1939). 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.
  • Clench, W. J. and C. G. Aguayo. 1939. Notes and descriptions of new deep-water Mollusca obtained by the Harvard-Havana Expedition off the coast of Cuba. II Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 13 189–197, pls. 28–29.


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