Clavus canalicularis

Clavus canalicularis, common name the ear turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1][2]

Clavus canalicularis
A shells Clavus canalicularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. canalicularis
Binomial name
Clavus canalicularis (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Clavus auriculifera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 Drillia cf. auriculifera Lamarck, 1816 Strombus canalicularis Röding, 1798 (basionym)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 27 mm.

The white shell shows a broad chestnut band below the periphery. The tuberculations of the periphery are often long and spinose. Usually a revolving row of nodules appears below the middle of the body whorl.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific off Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland).