Clavatula sacerdos
Clavatula sacerdos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula sacerdos (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. sacerdos |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula sacerdos (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma sacerdos Reeve, 1845 | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 17 mm and 27 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Western Sahara to Senegal.
References
- Clavatula sacerdos (Reeve, 1845). 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.
External links
- "Clavatula sacerdos". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
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