The shell grows to a length of 11 mm; its diameter is 4.5 mm.
(Original description) The shell is pyramidally oblong. It contains eight whorls. These are concavely depressed above and contain about ten longitudinally nodose ribs. The body whorl is encircled by a row of tuberculous nodules, in continuation of the longitudinal ribs. The aperture is oval. The sinus is round and deep. The short siphonal canal is wide. The color of the shell is reddish brown. The ribs and the base of the columella are whitish.[3]
Distributionedit
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Pacific Ocean and in the Indian Ocean along Réunion.
^W.H. Pease, Description of New Species of Marine Shells from the Pacific Islands; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1862)
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External linksedit
"Clavus nodulosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
October 27, 2023
clavus, nodulosa, species, snail, marine, gastropod, mollusk, family, drilliidae, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, molluscaclass, gastropodasubclass, caenogastropodaorder, neogastropodasuperfamily, conoideafamily, drilliidaeg. Clavus nodulosa is a species of sea snail a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae 2 Clavus nodulosaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass GastropodaSubclass CaenogastropodaOrder NeogastropodaSuperfamily ConoideaFamily DrilliidaeGenus ClavusSpecies C nodulosaBinomial nameClavus nodulosa Pease 1863 1 Synonyms 2 Drillia nodulosa Pease 1863 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 References 4 External linksDescription editThe shell grows to a length of 11 mm its diameter is 4 5 mm Original description The shell is pyramidally oblong It contains eight whorls These are concavely depressed above and contain about ten longitudinally nodose ribs The body whorl is encircled by a row of tuberculous nodules in continuation of the longitudinal ribs The aperture is oval The sinus is round and deep The short siphonal canal is wide The color of the shell is reddish brown The ribs and the base of the columella are whitish 3 Distribution editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Pacific Ocean and in the Indian Ocean along Reunion References edit Pease Proc Zool Soc 1862 p 279 a b Clavus nodulosa Pease 1863 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011 W H Pease Description of New Species of Marine Shells from the Pacific Islands Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862 Tucker J K 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids Mollusca Gastropoda Zootaxa 682 1 1295External links edit Clavus nodulosa Gastropods com Retrieved 21 September 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clavus nodulosa amp oldid 1076162914, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
