Clavus peristera

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

Clavus peristera
Apertural view of a shell of Clavus peristera (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. peristera
Binomial name
Clavus peristera
Melvill J.C., 1927
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma (Clavus) peristera Melvill, 1927
  • Turris (Clavus) peristera Melvill, 1927

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Gorgona Island, Colombia.

References

  1. Melvill, J. Cosmo, 1927: Descriptions of eight new species of the family Turridae and of a new species of Mitra. Proc Malac Soc London v. 17 pp. 149–155


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