Clavus laetus

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Clavus laetus
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Clavus laetus
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C. laetus
Binomial name
Clavus laetus
(Hinds, 1843) [1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Clavus fusconitens (Sowerby III, 1901)
  • Clavatula laeta Hinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Clavus laetus (Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma mariei Crosse, H., 1869
  • Splendrillia laeta (Hinds, 1843)

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

This species is also mentioned as Clavus laetus.

Description

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Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Strait of Macassar, Indonesia, the Solomons and the Philippines

References

  1. Hinds. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1843, p. 41
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2014). Clavus laetus (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433290 on 2015-01-31
  3. Sealifebase: Clavus fusconitens
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
  • 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.

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