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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Neogastropoda (order) » Drilliidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 24 220031 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Clavus exasperatus (Reeve, 1843) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | Previously considered to be a wide-spread species in the Indo-Pacific region, recent genetic work has shown it to be a species complex. True C. exasperatus appears to be restricted to the western Indian Ocean, see Fedosov & Puilandre, 2020. However, Australian material was not included in the recent study, so the status of Australian material previously identified as this species remains uncertain, and is likely to prove to be distinct when studied in detail. | ||||
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Record source: | Wilson, B., 1994, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N., 2020. Integrative taxonomy of the Clavus canalicularis species complex (Drilliidae, Conoidea, Gastropoda) with description of four new species., Molluscan Research, Vol. 40(3): 251-266. . doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2020.1788695 doi:10.1080/13235818.2020.1788695 |