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.[2]
Distributionedit
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland; it has also been found off the Philippines.
Referencesedit
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^G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Drillia obliquata)
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.
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clavus, obliquatus, species, snail, marine, gastropod, mollusk, family, drilliidae, apertural, view, shell, museum, specimen, naturalis, biodiversity, center, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, mollusca, class, gastropoda. Clavus obliquatus is a species of sea snail a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae 1 Clavus obliquatus Apertural view of a shell of Clavus obliquatus museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Subclass Caenogastropoda Order Neogastropoda Superfamily Conoidea Family Drilliidae Genus Clavus Species C obliquatus Binomial name Clavus obliquatus Reeve 1845 Synonyms 1 Clavus Tylotiella obliquata Reeve 1845 Drillia obliquata Reeve 1845 Pleurotoma obliquata Reeve 1845 Tylotiella obliquata Reeve 1845 Description editThe 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 2 Distribution editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland it has also been found off the Philippines References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clavus obliquatus a b Bouchet P 2015 Clavus obliquatus Reeve 1845 In MolluscaBase 2015 Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http www marinespecies org aphia php p taxdetails amp id 597135 on 2016 08 15 G W Tryon 1884 Manual of Conchology structural and systematic with illustrations of the species vol VI Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences described as Drillia obliquata Reeve L A 1845 Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma pls 20 33 in Reeve L A ed Conchologia Iconica London L Reeve amp 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clavus obliquatus amp oldid 1193567089, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
