Clavus formosus

Clavus formosus
Drawing of a shell of Clavus formosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species: C. formosus
Binomial name
Clavus formosus
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus formosa (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma formosa Reeve, 1846
  • Pleurotoma tessellata Reeve, L.A., 1846 (treated by Reeve as a secondary homonym of Clathurella tessellata Hinds, 1843; Pleurotoma formosa is a replacement name)

Clavus formosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

Its description is almost identical to Clavus laeta (Hinds, 1843)

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Red Sea and the tropical Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.[2]

References

Two shells of Clavus formosus
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