Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Clavus exilis | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Clavus exilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
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Description
The pupoid-claviform shell is small (8 mm or less). The 5½ teleoconch whorls are nearly plane and longitudinally plicately ribbed. The 15-22 axial ribs are small and close, descending from the sutures. The aperture is very short. The anal sulcus is moderately deep. The siphonal canal is short and open. The color of the shell is reddish chestnut, the ribs whitish, with a dark band below the middle of the body whorl.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZuluNatal, South Africa, and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean off Polynesia
References
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