Clathurella canfieldi

Clathurella canfieldi
Drawing of Clathurella canfieldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Clathurella
Species:
C. canfieldi
Binomial name
Clathurella canfieldi
(Dall, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
  • Glyphostoma canfieldi (Dall, 1871)

Clathurella canfieldi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 8 mm. The shell is narrowly shouldered. Numerous indistinct longitudinal plications fade out towards the lower part of the body whorl. There are about sixteen revolving ridges on the body whorl. The anal sinus is deep. The shell is yellowish white, without bands or with from one to three narrow brown bands.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along California, USA

References

  1. ^ a b Clathurella canfieldi Dall, 1871. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 December 2025.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol.VI pp. 280–281; 1884 (described as Clathurella canfieldi)


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