Clathurella rava

Clathurella rava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.^[1]

Clathurella rava
Drawing of Clathurella rava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Clathurella
Species:	C. rava
Binomial name
Clathurella rava (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella serrata Carpenter, P.P., 1856 Clavatula rava Hinds, 1843 Philbertia telamon Dall, W.H., 1919

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm. The color of the shell is fulvous. The interstices of the ribs and the edge of the lip are stained purple-red. The anal sinus is wide and deep.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of California, Mexico and along Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.