Clavus putillus

Clavus putillus
Drawing of Clavus putilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. putillus
Binomial name
Clavus putillus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Drillia putillus Reeve, 1845
  • Pleurotoma albicincta Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1850
  • Pleurotoma putillus Reeve, 1845

Clavus putillus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm. The shell is yellowish white, chestnut-tinted between the slight longitudinal ribs. The tuberculate periphery forms a strong angle on the whorls. The lip is simple and thin. The anal sinus is broad and shallow.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of tropical Indo-Pacific along the Philippines and in the South China Sea and East China Sea.

References

  1. ↑ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 219
  2. 1 2 Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 September 2011.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 200; 1884 (described as Drillia putillus)