Clavatula tripartita

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

Clavatula tripartita
Apertural view of Clavatula tripartita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Clavatula
Species:	C. tripartita
Binomial name
Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula (Clionella) bipartita Smith E.A., 187 Clavatula (Perrona) obesa Reeve, 1884 Clavatula parilis Smith, E.A., 1901 Clionella assimilans Turton, W.H., 1932 Clionella bipartita Smith, E.A., 1877 Clionella tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876) Pleurotoma (Clionella) bipartita E. A. Smith, 1877 (typographical error for tripartita) Pleurotoma (Clavatula) tripartita Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876 (basionym)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 26 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa to Mozambique