Clavus cygnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] This species is mentioned in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database as Clavus cygneus[2]
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| Original image of a shell of Clavus cygneus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. cygneus
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavus cygneus (Melvill & Standen, 1897)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 7 mm.
A pure white, shining, massive little shell with a fusiform shape and 6 - 7 whorls. It shows uniform straight longitudinal ribs. The surface is nearly smooth and shining. The ribs of the last three whorls are continuous, and about eight in number. The aperture is ovate. The siphonal canal is short.[3]
Distribution
editThis species is found in the demersal zone of tropical waters off Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Clavus cygnea (Melvill & Standen, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 September 2011.
- ^ a b OBIS : Clavus cygneus
- ^ Melvill & Standen (1897), Catalogue of the Hadfield collection of shells from the Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands Parts II
- ^ "Clavus cygnea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
External links
edit- Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42-56
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
