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Clathurella rava

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Clathurella rava
Drawing of Clathurella rava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Clathurella
Species:
C. rava
Binomial name
Clathurella rava
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella serrata Carpenter, P.P., 1856
  • Clavatula rava Hinds, 1843
  • Philbertia telamon Dall, W.H., 1919

Clathurella rava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[1]

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm. The color of the shell is fulvous. The interstices of the ribs and the edge of the lip are stained purple-red. The anal sinus is wide and deep.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of California, Mexico and along Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

References

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  1. ^ a b Clathurella rava (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 296; 1884
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