Clavatula imperialis
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon =Clavatula imperialis
| image = Clavatula imperialis 001.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula imperialis (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
| authority = Lamarck, 1816
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Clavatula imperialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.{{WRMS species|224445|Clavatula imperialis Lamarck||4 April 2010}}{{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 |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02458082/file/Bouchet%20et%20al%202011%20J.%20Moll.%20Stud.pdf }}
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The ovate shell is short and ventricose. It is clothed with a thick, dark olive-colored epidermis. The whorls are angulated above, the angle having a row of scale-like tubercles. The columella is covered with a thick white callus. The interior of the aperture is stained above and below with violet.George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, pp. 229–230; 1884
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
References
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- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
External links
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- {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=1644|title=Clavatula imperialis|access-date=21 August 2011}}
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