Clavus coffea | |
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Two shells of Clavus coffea (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Clavus |
Species: | C. coffea
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Binomial name | |
Clavus coffea (Smith E. A., 1882)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Pleurotoma (Clavus) coffea Smith E. A., 1882 |
Clavus coffea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The ovate shell has an acuminate apex. The color of the shell is red with white ribs in the middle. The fine apical whorls are small and produced suddenly into a cone. The shell contains 9 slightly convex whorls. The length of the aperture equals 7/17th of the length of the shell. The columella is callous and covered with tubercles at the suture. The anal sinus is small and located under a tubercle. The siphonal canal is very short. [2]
This species is found in the demersal zone of the Western Central Pacific Ocean off the Philippines. [3] [4]