Clavatula imperialis

Clavatula imperialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.^[1][2]

Clavatula imperialis
Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula imperialis (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Clavatula
Species:	C. imperialis
Binomial name
Clavatula imperialis Lamarck, 1816

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The ovate shell is short and ventricose. It is clothed with a thick, dark olive-colored epidermis. The whorls are angulated above, the angle having a row of scale-like tubercles. The columella is covered with a thick white callus. The interior of the aperture is stained above and below with violet.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.