Clavus aglaia

Clavus aglaia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clavus
Species:	C. aglaia
Binomial name
	Clavus aglaia; (Dall, 1918)
Synonyms
	Clavus crassa (Smith E.A,. 1888); Pleurotoma aglaia Dall, 1918; Pleurotoma (Drillia) crassa (Smith E.A,. 1888) (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma crassa Edwards, 1856; Pleurotoma aglaia Dall, 1918 is a replacement name);

Clavus aglaia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 30 mm. A species of a solid build, white, with a violet apex and a few brownish spots scattered here and there on the upper halves of the ribs, and dotted with the same colour immediately beneath the suture. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Indian Ocean off Mumbai.

References

^ ^a ^b Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918). 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.
^ Smith, E.A. (1888). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (2): 300–317. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

Apte, D. 1998. Book of Indian shells. Oxford University Press

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[WoRMS-1] Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 September 2011.

[Conoidea-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.

[E.A._Smith-3] Smith, E.A. (1888). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (2): 300–317. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

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