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Clavus occiduus

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Clavus occiduus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. occiduus
Binomial name
Clavus occiduus
Wells, 1991

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species is occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Eastern Indian Ocean off Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Clavus occiduus Wells, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
  • Wells, F.E. 1991. A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 12: 1–33
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.