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Clavus obliquata L. A. Reeve, 1845
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Drilliidae » genus Clavus
ID: 582518
pID: 582486
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 14:32:51 - User Jiří Novák
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[[t:582518;<em>Clavus obliquata</em>]] L. A. Reeve, 1845
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id582518/"><em>Clavus obliquata</em></a>
pID: 582486
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 14:32:51 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-03-25 23:41:22
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id582518/
Text function: [[t:582518;<em>Clavus obliquata</em>]]
[[t:582518;<em>Clavus obliquata</em>]] L. A. Reeve, 1845
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id582518/"><em>Clavus obliquata</em></a>
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
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Shell small, length 21 mm, width 9 mm, heavy, with high spire. Six whorls, protoconch broken off. 10-13 wavy ribs/whorl, slightly offset on succeeding whorls. Last rib of body whorl greatly expanded into a varix. Lip extends beyond varix, but broken in specimens examined. Sutures wavy. Callus present, columella smooth, straight, thickened. Anterior siphonal canal of moderate length. Aperture cylindrical. Shell brown with three spiral white lines on body whorl, one on upper whorls, aperture white.
Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda).
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Compared to C. laetus and C. lamberti, C. obliquatus has a much heavier but drab shell, a lower spire, and more solid ribs.
Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda).
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
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16-22 m depth. Western Pacific. Known in Australia only from Low Isles, near Port Douglas, Queensland.
Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda).
Author: Jan Delsing