Clavus pica

Clavus pica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Clavus pica
Two views of a shell of Clavus pica (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clavus
Species:
C. pica
Binomial name
Clavus pica
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus (Tylotia) pica (Reeve, 1843)
  • Drillia pica (Reeve, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) pica Reeve, 1843
  • Turris (Inquisitor) pica (Reeve, 1843)
  • Tylotiella pica (Reeve, 1843)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm. The thick shell is whitish, irregularly variegated with a few large squarish brown spots. The upper portion of the whorls is smooth, concave, below the periphery with numerous narrow ribs. The anal sinus is broad.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific off Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Tuamotus and Christmas Island.

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References
  1. Clavus pica (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 September 2011.
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 190; 1884 (described as Drillia pica)
  • "Clavus (Tylotia) pica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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