''Calliclava albolaqueata'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Drilliidae
The Drilliidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family has no s ...
.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 24 mm. The shell has an ivory-white colour, and has ribs in slanting rows.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between
Mexico and
Nicaragua.
References
* Carpenter, P.P. (1865g) ''Diagnoses of new species of mollusks, from the west tropical region of North America, principally collected by Rev. J. Rowell, of San Francisco.'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1865, 278–282
Carpenter P. (1872) ''Diagnoses of new species of mollusks, from the west tropical region of North America, principally collected by Rev. J. Rowell, of San Francisco.'' , Smithsonian Institution, Washington
External links
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albolaqueata
Gastropods described in 1865
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