Paraclavatula delphinae

Paraclavatula delphinae
Shell of Paraclavatula delphinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Paraclavatula
Species:	P. delphinae
Binomial name
Paraclavatula delphinae (Nolf, 2008)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula delphinae Nolf, 2008 (original combination)

Paraclavatula delphinae 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 10 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

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
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.

• Nolf, F. (2008). Two new turrid species from West Africa: Clavatula delphinae and Clavatula pseudomystica (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae). Neptunea 7(2): 6-13

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): 275-284