Clavus putillus

Clavus putillus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[2]

Clavus putillus
Drawing of Clavus putilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. putillus
Binomial name
Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845) [1]
Synonyms[2]
Drillia putillus Reeve, 1845 Pleurotoma albicincta Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1850 Pleurotoma putillus Reeve, 1845

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm. The shell is yellowish white, chestnut-tinted between the slight longitudinal ribs. The tuberculate periphery forms a strong angle on the whorls. The lip is simple and thin. The anal sinus is broad and shallow.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of tropical Indo-Pacific along the Philippines and in the South China Sea and East China Sea.