''Cytharoclavus'' is a

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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 ...

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Horaiclavidae Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory 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, taxonomi ...

.Bouchet, P. (2015). Cytharoclavus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578166 on 2017-01-18 It is now considered a subgenus of the genus ''

Horaiclavus ''Horaiclavus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Horaiclavidae. ''Horaiclavus'' is the type genus of the family Horaiclavidae.Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011). "A new o ...

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References

* Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The Sea Shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121

External links

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea''. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
Horaiclavidae Gastropod genera {{Horaiclavidae-stub