Clavus coffea
| Clavus coffea | |
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| Two shells of Clavus coffea (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. coffea
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavus coffea (Smith E. A., 1882)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Clavus) coffea Smith E. A., 1882 | |
Clavus coffea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The ovate shell has an acuminate apex. The color of the shell is red with white ribs in the middle. The fine apical whorls are small and produced suddenly into a cone. The shell contains 9 slightly convex whorls. The length of the aperture equals 7/17th of the length of the shell. The columella is callous and covered with tubercles at the suture. The anal sinus is small and located under a tubercle. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species is found in the demersal zone of the Western Central Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Clavus coffea (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Smith, E.A. (1882a), Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
- ^ "Clavus coffea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Sealifebase.org : Clavus coffea
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295