Clavus formosus

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

Clavus formosus
Shell of Clavus formosus (specimen in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. formosus
Binomial name
Clavus formosus
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus formosa (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma formosa Reeve, 1846
  • Pleurotoma tessellata Reeve, L.A., 1846 (treated by Reeve as a secondary homonym of Clathurella tessellata Hinds, 1843; Pleurotoma formosa is a replacement name)

Description

Its description is almost identical to Clavus laeta (Hinds, 1843)

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Red Sea and the tropical Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.[2] and off Papua New Guinea .

References

  • "Clavus formosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
Two shells of Clavus formosus


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