Calliclava albolaqueata

Calliclava albolaqueata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Calliclava
Species:	C. albolaqueata
Binomial name
Calliclava albolaqueata (Carpenter, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
Clavus cretatus Smith, E.A., 1888 Mangelia albolaqueata Carpenter, 1865 Mangilia albolaqueata Carpenter, 1865

Calliclava albolaqueata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 24 mm. The shell has an ivory-white colour, and has ribs in slanting rows.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Nicaragua.

References

1. Calliclava albolaqueata (Carpenter, 1865). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 September 2011.
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.

• Carpenter, P.P. (1865g) Diagnoses of new species of mollusks, from the west tropical region of North America, principally collected by Rev. J. Rowell, of San Francisco. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1865, 278–282
• Carpenter P. (1872) Diagnoses of new species of mollusks, from the west tropical region of North America, principally collected by Rev. J. Rowell, of San Francisco. , Smithsonian Institution, Washington

External links

• "Calliclava albolaqueata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011.