Clavus putillus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
| Clavus putillus | |
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| Drawing of Clavus putilus | |
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. putillus
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavus putillus | |
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 15 mm. The shell is yellowish white, chestnut-tinted between the slight longitudinal ribs. The tuberculate periphery forms a strong angle on the whorls. The lip is simple and thin. The anal sinus is broad and shallow.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of tropical Indo-Pacific along the Philippines and in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
References
edit- ^ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 219
- ^ a b Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 September 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 200; 1884 (described as Drillia putillus)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295