Clavus obliquicostatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus obliquicostatus (Reeve, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719353 on 2016-08-16
Description The length of the shell attains 33 mm. The longitudinal ribs are oblique, narrow, a little waved, and obtusely pointed on the periphery. A few revolve astride at the base of the body whorl. The shell is yellowish white, spotted and maculated with chestnut.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea
References
Hervier, J., 1896. Description d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Néo-Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 43("1895"): 141-152 Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
External links
Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3818(1): 1–69
Syntype in the MNHN, Paris