Clavus occiduus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Clavus occiduus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. occiduus
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavus occiduus Wells, 1991
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species is occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Eastern Indian Ocean off Western Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Clavus occiduus Wells, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
- 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 Australasia 12: 1–33
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.