''Clavatula ahuiri'' is a

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Clavatulidae Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. The family is not well differentiated morphologically. Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family ...

.Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavatula ahuiri Cossignani & Ardovini, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758579 on 2016-04-26

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

References

* Cossignani T. & Ardovini R. (2014) ''Clavatula ahuiri sp. n. (Gastropoda, Conidae) dal Marocco atlantico.'' Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 82: 12-13. ahuiri Gastropods described in 2014 {{clavatulidae-stub