Clavatula virgineus
| Clavatula virgineus | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Clavatula virgineus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. virgineus
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula virgineus (Dillwyn, 1817)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex virgineus Dillwyn, 1817 | |
Clavatula virgineus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
Description[]
It is a spineless form of Clavatula muricata (Lamarck, 1822).
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea.
References[]
- ^ a b Clavatula virgineus (Dillwyn, 1817). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
External links[]
- "Clavatula virgineus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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