Clavatula rubrifasciata
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clavatula rubrifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
| Clavatula rubrifasciata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. rubrifasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula rubrifasciata (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 38 mm.
This species was previously also regarded by Tryon as a variety of Clavatula muricata with a difference in color : the shell is yellowish brown, banded with bright red and ash-color.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea and off Senegal, Gabon and Angola.
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