Clionella liltvedi

Clionella liltvedi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Clionella liltvedi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clionella
Species:
C. liltvedi
Binomial name
Clionella liltvedi
Kilburn, 1985

Description

The length of the shell attains 29 mm.

The elongated shell has a narrowly bucciniform shape. The spire whorls are convex, the body whorl oblong. The ground color of the shell is dark brown with paler brown between the cords on the base. . The axial ribs are slightly nodular by groups of widely spaced spiral ridges. These ribs are strong and rather straight, initially numbering about 10 per whorl and increasing to 17–20 on the penultimate whorl.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Table Bay and west coast of Cape Peninsula, South Africa.[4]

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References
  1. Clionella liltvedi Kilburn, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  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.
  3. KIlburn RN (1985), Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1985
  4. http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/53050
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 17-470
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