Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Clavatula lelieuri | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Clavatula lelieuri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm. The turreted shell is yellowish brown. The upper portion of the whorls are coivered with large brown maculations and a revolving series of small brown spots just above the lower carina. The whorls are smooth and concave above, with revolving raised lines below the bicarinated periphery.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal, Guinea, Gabon)
References
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