Clavus hewittae
Appearance
Clavus hewittae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Clavus |
Species: | C. hewittae
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Binomial name | |
Clavus hewittae Wells, 1991
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Clavus hewittae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the demersal zone off Western Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ 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