Clavus auriculifera explained

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

This species needs further investigation (species inquirenda)

Description

The shell is white, with a broad chestnut band below the periphery. The tuberculations of the periphery are often long, spinose. There is usually arevolving row of nodules below the middle of the body whorl.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.

References

• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .
2. [George Washington Tryon]