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Genus of gastropods

Graciliclava
Shell of Graciliclava costata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Graciliclava
Shuto, 1983
Type species
Graciliclava mackayensis
Shuto, 1983
Species

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Graciliclava is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was previously included within the subfamily Crassispirinae, family Turridae. Killburn in 1994 was of the opinion that Graciliclava was closely related to and possibly a subgenus of Anacithara

Species

Species within the genus Graciliclava include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Graciliclava mackayensis Shuto, 1983: synonym of Graciliclava costata (Hedley, 1922)

References

  1. Shuto (1983). Memoirs Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. (Geol.) 25(1): 11.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Graciliclava. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432467 on 2016-12-17
  3. Kilburn, R.N. (1994) Turridae (s.l.) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Crassispirinae, section 2. Annals of the Natal Museum, 35, 177–228.
  4. Bonfitto, Antonio, and Mauro Morassi. "Two new Horaiclavus (Horaiclavidae, Conoidea) species from the Indo-Pacific region." Zootaxa 3821.1 (2014): 146-150.
  5. Graciliclava costatus (Hedley, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.

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Taxon identifiers
Graciliclava


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