Clavus bilineatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 24 mm. G.W. Tryon thought this species to be a synonym of Clavus pulchella (Reeve, 1845) (described as Drillia pulchella).G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 He stated that the differences were only in the tuberculations being less sharp and the color not so bright, with a brownish tinge.
Distribution This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, off the Philippines and Taiwan,Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Shells of the Classic Turridae from Taiwan II. Clavidae, Bulletin 01 Malacology, Taiwan ROC， 貝類學報， 23: 69–77 (1 999) and also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).
References
Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. Wells F.E. (1991) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 1–33 Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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