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Clavosurcula schepmani

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Clavosurcula schepmani
Shell of Clavosurcula schepmani (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Clavosurcula
Species:
C. schepmani
Binomial name
Clavosurcula schepmani
Sysoev, 1997

Clavosurcula schepmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]

The specific name schepmani is in honor of Dutch malacologist Mattheus Marinus Schepman.

Description

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The length of the shell attains 25.5 mm, its diameter 12.2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Eastern Indonesia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Clavosurcula schepmani Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 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.
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