Clavatula rubrifasciata
Appearance
Clavatula rubrifasciata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Clavatula |
Species: | C. rubrifasciata
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Binomial name | |
Clavatula rubrifasciata (Reeve, 1845)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavatula rubrifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 38 mm.
This species was previously also regarded by Tryon as a variety of Clavatula muricata with a difference in color : the shell is yellowish brown, banded with bright red and ash-color.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea and off Senegal, Gabon and Angola.
References
[edit]- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clavatula rubrifasciata.
- "Clavatula rubrifasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 April 2011.