| Clavus auriculifera | |
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| Drawing of Clavus auriculifera | |
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. auriculifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus auriculifera Lamarck | |
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Clavus auriculifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
This species needs further investigation (species inquirenda)
Description
The shell is white, with a broad chestnut band below the periphery. The tuberculations of the periphery are often long, spinose. There is usually a revolving row of nodules below the middle of the body whorl.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.
References
- ^ Clavus auriculifera Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 September 2011.
- 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.
- George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 185; 1884 (described as Drillia auricilufera, section Clavus)
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
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| Clavus auriculifera | |