''Clionella lobatopsis'' is a

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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

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mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

in the

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Clavatulidae Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. The family is not well differentiated morphologically. Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family ...

. ''Clavatula lobatopsis'' Barnard, 1963, was transferred to ''Gemmula (Ptychosyrinx)'' in the

Turrinae Turrinae is a former subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae the turrids. Genera Genera in the subfamily Turrinae include: *''Austrogemmula '' Laseron, 1954: synonym of '' Epidirella'' Iredale, ...

by Kilburn (1983)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the West Cape Province, Rep. South Africa

References

* Barnard, Keppel Harcourt. ''Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa.'' South African Museum, 1963. Endemic fauna of South Africa lobatopsis Gastropods described in 1963 {{clavatulidae-stub