Clavatula mystica

Clavatula mystica
Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula mystica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species: C. mystica
Binomial name
Clavatula mystica
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma mystica Reeve, 1843

Clavatula mystica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Western Sahara to Ghana; also off the Canary Islands, Ivory Coast and North Angola. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. F.; Verstraeten, J. (2007). About a possible further range extension for Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843)(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) Neptunea 6(4): 10-22
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