- Source: Clavus obliquatus
Clavus obliquatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 33 mm.
The shell is yellowish brown, within and without, with a narrow lighter band on the periphery, and sometimes a row of white dots on the ribs a little below the middle of the body whorl. There are a few revolving striae at the base of the shell.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland; it has also been found off the Philippines.
References
Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 1–33.
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Mimenicodes clavus
- Mimenicodes obliquatus
- Mimenicodes flavolineatus
- Mimenicodes subunicolor
- Mimenicodes thomsoni
- Mimenicodes unicolor
- Mimenicodes cylindricus
- Mimenicodes cylindroides
- Mimenicodes latreillei
- Mimenicodes opacoides
- Clavus obliquatus
- Clavus (gastropod)
- Tylotiella
- Drillia
