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Makiyamaia gravis

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Makiyamaia gravis
Drawing of a shell of Makiyamaia gravis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Makiyamaia
Species:
M. gravis
Binomial name
Makiyamaia gravis
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula gravis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Clionella gravis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma gravis Hinds, 1843 (original combination)

Makiyamaia gravis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Description

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The height of the shell attains 37 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Makiyamaia gravis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596585 on 2016-06-02
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  • Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae." Annals of the Natal Museum 26.2 (1985): 417–470.
  • Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1–58.
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