Clavus hylikos

Clavus hylikos
	Shell of Clavus hylikos (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. hylikos
Binomial name
	Clavus hylikos; Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014

Clavus hylikos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.^[1]^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.6 mm. The species has significant variation in color patterning and body proportions. The mollusc also has 40 rows of teeth.^[3]

Distribution

This is a marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus hylikos Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765577 on 2016-08-07
^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
^ "Clavus hylikos". www.gbif.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2024.

Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3818(1): 1-69

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus hylikos Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765577 on 2016-08-07

[Conoidea-2] P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.

[3] "Clavus hylikos". www.gbif.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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