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Clavatula caerulea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Scientific name
  
Clavatula caerulea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Rank
  
Species

Clavatula caerulea

Clavatula caerulea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

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Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm. The shell is narrowly turreted and strongly keeled. The keel is tuberculated, with revolving, sometimes granulous striae below it. The granules are more apparent at the base. The color of the shell is bluish, the tubercles white, with the interstices purplish.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Angola.

References

Clavatula caerulea Wikipedia