Clavatula rubrifasciata

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

Clavatula rubrifasciata
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]
Clavatula rubrofasciata Reeve Pleurotoma rubrifasciata Reeve, 1845

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.