Clavus formosus

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Clavus formosus
Shell of Clavus formosus (specimen in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. formosus
Binomial name
Clavus formosus
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus formosa (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma formosa Reeve, 1846
  • Pleurotoma tessellata Reeve, L.A., 1846 (treated by Reeve as a secondary homonym of Clathurella tessellata Hinds, 1843; Pleurotoma formosa is a replacement name)

Clavus formosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description[edit]

Its description is almost identical to Clavus laeta (Hinds, 1843)

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Red Sea and the tropical Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.[2] and off Papua New Guinea .

References[edit]

External links[edit]

  • "Clavus formosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
Two shells of Clavus formosus