Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Clavus laeta | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Clavus laetus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
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This species is also mentioned as Clavus laetus.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm.
The smooth shell is polished. The whorls show a strongly tuberculated shoulder. The body whorl shows a second inferior row of small, sometimes obsolete tubercles. The shell is white, banded with brown, the band often more or less interrupted.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Strait of Macassar, Indonesia, the Solomons and the Philippines; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
References
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