''Clavus squamiferus'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

, a marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

in the

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Drilliidae The Drilliidae are a taxonomic family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. This family has no subfamilies. It consists of about 30 genera and approx ...

.Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus squamiferus Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765575 on 2016-08-07

Description

Clavus squamiferus is a species of marine gastropod mollusk in the family

. Described by Hervier in 1897, this sea snail is notable for its robust, elongated shell adorned with distinct scales or squamose ridges, which give the species its name ("squamiferus" means "bearing scales"). The shell often displays a combination of fine spiral grooves and pronounced axial ribs, contributing to its textured appearance. Clavus squamiferus is typically found in the

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region, particularly in deep waters. Like other members of the genus Clavus, it is a predatory species, feeding on other smaller marine invertebrates.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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References

Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) ''The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea).'' Zootaxa 3818(1): 1-69
squamiferus Gastropods described in 2014 {{drilliidae-stub