''Clavatula flammulata'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Clavatulidae.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 38 mm and 48 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along

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. Fossils were found in

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strata in

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References

* Lecointre (G.), 1963 - Recherches sur le Néogène et le Quaternaire marins de la côte atlantique du Maroc. Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc, vol. 174, p. 1-75 * Lecointre (G.), 1966 - Néogène récent et Quaternaire du Bassin côtier de Tarfaya. Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc, vol. 175, p. 253-298 * Brébion (P.), 1979 - Iconographie critique des Gastéopodes marins du Pliocène supérieur et du Quaternaire marocains atlantiques. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, sér. 2, t. 1, vol. 2, p. 137-149 * Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). ''Coquillages du Gabon hells of Gabon'' Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. flammulata Gastropods described in 1952 {{clavatulidae-stub