Paraclavatula delphinae
Species of gastropod
Paraclavatula delphinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
| Paraclavatula delphinae | |
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| Shell of Paraclavatula delphinae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Paraclavatula |
| Species: | P. delphinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraclavatula delphinae (Nolf, 2008)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavatula delphinae Nolf, 2008 (original combination) | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 35 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Paraclavatula delphinae (Nolf, 2008). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1250501 on 2023-08-02
- ^ 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.
External links
- "Clavatula delphinae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- Kantor Y.I., Horro J., Rolán E. & Puillandre N. (2018). Paraclavatula (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Clavatulidae), a new genus with a distinctive radula type from West Africa. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 84(3): 275-284Error: "Q61852413" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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