Claviscala subulae Nakayama 2000

Huang, Chih-Wei & Lee, Yen-Chen, 2016, Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records, Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 5653-5653 : 5653

Claviscala subulae Nakayama 2000

Description

Dull white, elongated, spiral elevated with 12 whorls (Fig. 1a). Surface with about 16 weak thick and low axial ribs on the body whorl, spiral striae strong, crossed over axial ribs, about 9 in number on the body whorl, with a basal disc. Shell height 11-15mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Choshi, Boso Peninsula, Japan at 100m deep. In Taiwan, it is trawled at 400 to 500m depth off the Gueishan Island. This species is a new record from the Taiwan waters.

Records

Claviscala subulae Nakayama 2000: figs 17-18; Nakayama 2003: p1. 9, figs 19-22.