Clavus laetus

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

Clavus laetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. laetus
Binomial name
Clavus laetus (Hinds, 1843)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
Clavatula laeta Hinds, 1843 (basionym) Clavus laetus (Hinds, 1843) Drillia laeta (Hinds, 1843) Drillia (Clavus) laeta (Hinds, 1843) Pleurotoma (Clavus) laeta (Hinds, 1843) Splendrillia laeta (Hinds, 1843)

This species is also mentioned as Clavus laetus.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm.

The smooth shell is polished. The whorls show a strongly tuberculated shoulder. The body whorl shows a second inferior row of small, sometimes obsolete tubercles. The shell is white, banded with brown, and the band is often more or less interrupted.^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Strait of Macassar, Indonesia, the Solomons and the Philippines; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).