Clavosurcula schepmani

Clavosurcula schepmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]

Clavosurcula schepmani
Shell of Clavosurcula schepmani (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Clavosurcula
Species:
C. schepmani
Binomial name
Clavosurcula schepmani
Sysoev, 1997

The specific name schepmani is in honor of Dutch malacologist Mattheus Marinus Schepman.

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.5 mm, its diameter 12.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Eastern Indonesia.

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References

  1. Clavosurcula schepmani Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.


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