Clavatula milleti

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

Clavatula milleti
Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula milleti (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. milleti
Binomial name
Clavatula milleti
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus milleti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 (original combination)
  • Fusus subgranulatus Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Pusionella milleti milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 55 mm.

The color of the shell is whitish, or yellowish flesh-color, or brown. It is more or less decussated by longitudinal and revolving engraved lines, sometimes forming granulations especially on the spire The revolving lines are prominent on the body whorl, where the longitudinal ones are usually subobsolete.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa (Senegal)

References
  1. Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  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. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 235; 1884 (described as Pusionella milleti)
  • Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1851) Notice sur un groupe de coquilles classées parmi les Fuseaux (Fusus Lam.), avec la description de plusieurs espèces. Journal de Conchyliologie, 2, 73–79, 2 pls. page(s): 78, pl. 2 fig.
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23
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