Clavatula rubrifasciata

Clavatula rubrifasciata
Clavatula rubrifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Clavatula
Species:	C. rubrifasciata
Binomial name
Clavatula rubrifasciata (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula rubrofasciata Reeve Pleurotoma rubrifasciata Reeve, 1845

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

Description

The length of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 38 mm.

This species was previously also regarded by Tryon as a variety of Clavatula muricata with a difference in color : the shell is yellowish brown, banded with bright red and ash-color. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea and off Senegal, Gabon and Angola.

References

1. Clavatula rubrifasciata (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

External links

• Gastropods.com : Clavatula rubrifasciata; accessed : 6 April 2011