Clathurella canfieldi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[1]
| Clathurella canfieldi | |
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| 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) | |
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Description
editThe 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
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along California, USA
References
edit- 1 2 Clathurella canfieldi Dall, 1871. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 December 2025.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol.VI pp. 280–281; 1884 (described as Clathurella canfieldi)