Clavatula asamusiensis

Clavatula asamusiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]

Clavatula asamusiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. asamusiensis
Binomial name
Clavatula asamusiensis
Nomura & Zinbo, 1940

The Australian Faunal Directory considers this species a synonym of Paradrillia inconstans (E.A. Smith, 1875) [2]

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Queensland, Australia.

References

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  • 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.
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