Clavus bilineatus (Reeve 1845)

Clavus bilineatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1][2]

Description

Juvenile

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 24 mm. G.W. Tryon thought this species to be a synonym of Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845) (described as Drillia pulchella).^[3] He stated that the differences were only in the tuberculations being less sharp and the color not so bright, with a brownish tinge.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, off the Philippines and Taiwan,^[4] and also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).

References

• Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
• Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 1–33
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.