| Clavus formosus | |
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| Shell of Clavus formosus (specimen in the MNHN, Paris) | |
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. formosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavus formosus (Reeve, 1846) | |
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Clavus formosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
Its description is almost identical to Clavus laeta (Hinds, 1843)
 | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2011) |
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Red Sea and the tropical Pacific Ocean off the Philippines. and off Papua New Guinea .
References
- ^ Clavus formosa (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Sealifebase : Clavus formosa
- Reeve, L.A. (1843–46) Monograph of the Genus Pleurotoma. Conchologia Iconica, or Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Vol. 1. Reeve, London. pls 1–18 (1843); pl 19 (1844); pls 20–33 (1845); pls 34–40 + index and errata (1846)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- 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.
External links
- "Clavus formosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
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| Clavus formosa | |
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