Clavatula bimarginata
Appearance
Clavatula bimarginata | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula bimarginata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Clavatula |
Species: | C. bimarginata
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Binomial name | |
Clavatula bimarginata (Lamarck, 1822)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pleurotoma bimarginata Lamarck, 1822 |
Clavatula bimarginata, common name the two-edged turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania to South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Clavatula bimarginata (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Lamarck, Animaux sans vertèbres., VII, p. 91.
- Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163
- 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.
External links
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- "Clavatula bimarginata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.