Clavatula

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Clavatula
Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula muricata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Clavatula coronata
Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms
  • Clavatula (Clavatula) Lamarck, 1801 ·
  • Pleurotoma (Clavatula) Lamarck, 1801

Clavatula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

In this genus, the shell is fusiform, with a well-produced spire. The whorls are coronated with tubercles or short spines at the suture;. The aperture is oval. The columellar lip is smooth, arcuate, and callous behind. The outer lip is thin and arcuated, with the anal sinus situated below the sutural coronal. The operculum is semioval with its nucleus about the middle, on the inner side.

The foot is large, short and obtuse behind. The eyes are placed externally near the extremity of the tentacles. The radula contains a small unicuspid central tooth with single sharp laterals (formula :1-1-1).

The species mostly inhabits the west coast of Africa.[3]

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