| Clavatula rubrifasciata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clavatula |
| Species: | C. rubrifasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavatula rubrifasciata (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Clavatula rubrifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.
Description
The length of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 38 mm.
This species was previously also regarded by Tryon as a variety of Clavatula muricata with a difference in color : the shell is yellowish brown, banded with bright red and ash-color.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea and off Senegal, Gabon and Angola.
References
- ^ Clavatula rubrifasciata (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon . Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. . Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
External links
- "Clavatula rubrifasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
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