''Clavatula petzyae'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Clavatulidae.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 11 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...
.
References
* Boyer, F. & Ryall, P.S., 2006. ''Two new Clavatulinae species (Caenogastropoda: Turridae) from Ghana''. Iberus 24(2): 33–38
External links
*
Endemic fauna of Ghana
petzyae
Gastropods described in 2006
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