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Clavatula rubrifasciata

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Clavatula rubrifasciata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. rubrifasciata
Binomial name
Clavatula rubrifasciata
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula rubrofasciata Reeve
  • Pleurotoma rubrifasciata Reeve, 1845

Clavatula rubrifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]

Description

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The length of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 38 mm.

This species was previously also regarded by Tryon as a variety of Clavatula muricata with a difference in color : the shell is yellowish brown, banded with bright red and ash-color.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea and off Senegal, Gabon and Angola.

References

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  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
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  • "Clavatula rubrifasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 April 2011.