Clavatula flammulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. flammulata
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| Clavatula flammulata Knudsen, 1952
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 38 mm and 48 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Gabon.
Fossils were found in Pleistocene strata in Morocco.
References
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- ^ a b Clavatula flammulata Knudsen, 1952. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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.
- Lecointre (G.), 1963 - Recherches sur le Néogène et le Quaternaire marins de la côte atlantique du Maroc. Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc, vol. 174, p. 1-75
- Lecointre (G.), 1966 - Néogène récent et Quaternaire du Bassin côtier de Tarfaya. Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc, vol. 175, p. 253-298
- Brébion (P.), 1979 - Iconographie critique des Gastéopodes marins du Pliocène supérieur et du Quaternaire marocains atlantiques. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, sér. 2, t. 1, vol. 2, p. 137-149
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
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