Clavatula flammulata

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| authority = Knudsen, 1952

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Clavatula flammulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.{{WRMS species|225505|Clavatula flammulata Knudsen, 1952}}{{cite journal |author1=P. Bouchet |author2=Yu. I. Kantor |author3=A. Sysoev |author4=N. Puillandre |year=2011 |title=A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=273–308 |doi=10.1093/mollus/eyr017|doi-access=free }}

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 38 mm and 48 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Gabon.

Fossils were found in Pleistocene strata in Morocco.

References

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  • Lecointre (G.), 1963 - Recherches sur le Néogène et le Quaternaire marins de la côte atlantique du Maroc. Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc, vol. 174, p. 1-75
  • Lecointre (G.), 1966 - Néogène récent et Quaternaire du Bassin côtier de Tarfaya. Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc, vol. 175, p. 253-298
  • Brébion (P.), 1979 - Iconographie critique des Gastéopodes marins du Pliocène supérieur et du Quaternaire marocains atlantiques. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, sér. 2, t. 1, vol. 2, p. 137-149
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.

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flammulata

Category:Gastropods described in 1952

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