Clavus occiduus

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

Clavus occiduus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. occiduus
Binomial name
Clavus occiduus
Wells, 1991

Distribution

This marine species is occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Eastern Indian Ocean off Western Australia.

References

  1. Clavus occiduus Wells, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
  • 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 Australasia 12: 1–33
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295


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