Clavatula mystica
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon =Clavatula mystica
| image = Clavatula mystica 001.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Clavatula mystica
| authority = (Reeve, 1843)
| synonyms =
- Clavatula sacerdos (Reeve, 1845) ·
- Pleurotoma mystica Reeve, 1843
- Pleurotoma sacerdos Reeve, 1845 ·
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Clavatula mystica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.{{WRMS species|345762|Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843)}}{{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 18 mm and 47 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Western Sahara to Ghana; also off the Canary Islands, Ivory Coast and North Angola.[http://www.neptunea.org/BVC-Kust_cover_jaargang6_nr4.htmlNolf, F.; Verstraeten, J. (2007). About a possible further range extension for Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843)(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) Neptunea 6(4): 10-22]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
References
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34381008#page/83/mode/1up Boyer F. & Hernández J.M., 2004: Variability and distribution of Clavatula mystica (Reeve, 1843) ; Iberus 22(1): 77-84]
External links
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- {{Gastropods.com|key=3|id=14273|title=Clavatula mystica|access-date=21 August 2011}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1843
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