''Clavatula asamusiensis'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

in the

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Clavatulidae. The

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considers this species a synonym of ''

Paradrillia inconstans ''Paradrillia inconstans'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae, the turrids. ;Subspecies: * ''Paradrillia inconstans prunulum'' (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901) (synonyms: ''Drillia prunulum'' ...

'' (E.A. Smith, 1875) Australian Faunal Directory: ''Paradrillia inconstans''
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Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and

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, Australia.

References

External links

* asamusiensis Gastropods described in 1940 {{clavatulidae-stub