Clypeostoma elongatum

Clypeostoma elongatum
Shell of Clypeostoma elongatum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Clypeostoma
Species:
C. elongatum
Binomial name
Clypeostoma elongatum
(Vilvens, 2001)[1]
Synonyms

Agathodonta elongata Vilvens, 2001

Clypeostoma elongatum is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae (formerly in the family Trochidae, the top snails). It was originally described as Agathodonta elongata.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

  • Vilvens C. (2001). Description of a new species of Agathodonta (Gastropoda: Trochidae: Eucyclinae: Chilodontini) from Indonesia and the Philippine Islands. Novapex 2(2): 57-60
  • Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502[link removed]
  • "Clypeostoma elongata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.