Clavus herberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Clavus herberti | |
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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: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. herberti
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavus herberti (Kilburn, 1988)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tylotiella herberti Kilburn, 1988 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe length of the brownish orange shell attains 16.4 mm, its diameter 6.1 mm. The strongly patterned, claviform shell has a rather low spire and a proportionally large and blunt protoconch. It shows fine and numerous spiral threads.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off East London - S KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ a b Tylotiella herberti Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167–320. page(s): 190, figs 7, 97-100