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Clavus hewittae

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

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the demersal zone off Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Clavus hewittae Wells, 1991. WoRMS (2009). Clavus hewittae Wells, 1991. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433288 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