Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Clavus exasperata | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Clavus exasperatus, common name the exasperating turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm. The shell is white, with a broad chestnut band below the periphery. The tuberculations of the periphery are short. There is usually a revolving row of nodules below the middle of the body whorl.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of tropical waters in the Indo-Pacific and off the Mascarene Basin and Réunion; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
References
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