Clavus hylikos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
| Clavus hylikos | |
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| Shell of Clavus hylikos (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clavus |
| Species: | C. hylikos
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| Binomial name | |
| Clavus hylikos Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 7.6 mm. The species has significant variation in color patterning and body proportions. The mollusc also has 40 rows of teeth.[3]
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Distribution
editThis is a marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
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- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus hylikos Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765577 on 2016-08-07
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ "Clavus hylikos". www.gbif.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2024.