Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Clavus flammulatus | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Clavus flammulatus, common name the flame 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 25 mm and 50 mm. The shell is whitish, with chestnut longitudinal streaks, forming bands interrupted by the ribs, often chestnut-spotted between the tubercles.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean; also off Australia (Western Australia).
References
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