Clavus bilineata is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of sea snail

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Drilliidae

Drilliidae

Drilliidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Description:...

.

In many instances, this species is also mentioned under the name Clavus bilineatus.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 24 mm. G.W. Tryon

George Washington Tryon

George Washington Tryon, Jr. was an American malacologist who worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.- Biography :George Washington Tryon was the son of Edward K. Tryon and Adeline Savidt...

thought this species to be a synonym of Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845) (described as Drillia pulchella). He stated that the differences were only in the tuberculations being less sharp and the color not so bright, with a brownish tinge.

External links