Clavatula tripartita

Species of gastropod

Clavatula tripartita
Apertural view of Clavatula tripartita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. tripartita
Binomial name
Clavatula tripartita
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula (Clionella) bipartita Smith E.A., 187
  • Clavatula (Perrona) obesa Reeve, 1884
  • Clavatula parilis Smith, E.A., 1901
  • Clionella assimilans Turton, W.H., 1932
  • Clionella bipartita Smith, E.A., 1877
  • Clionella tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
  • Pleurotoma (Clionella) bipartita E. A. Smith, 1877 (typographical error for tripartita)
  • Pleurotoma (Clavatula) tripartita Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876 (basionym)

Clavatula tripartita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 26 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa to Mozambique

References

  1. ^ a b Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 July 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 116
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417–470
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 150
  • E.A. Smith, Notes on Pleurotoma (Clionella) bipartita Smith, 1877; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. v. 10 (1912–1913)
  • K.H. Barnard, Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part VI. Supplement; Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum v. 47 pt. 1–6; 1969
  • "Clavatula tripartita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Clavatula tripartita
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