Clavus putillus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description The shell grows to a length of 15 mm. The shell is yellowish white, chestnut-tinted between the slight longitudinal ribs. The tuberculate periphery forms a strong angle on the whorls. The lip is simple and thin. The anal sinus is broad and shallow.G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 200; 1884 (described as Drillia putillus)
Distribution This species occurs in the demersal zone of tropical Indo-Pacific along the Philippines and in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
References
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295