Clavus moquinianus is a species of sea snail in the family Drilliidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Clavus moquinianus (Montrouzier, 1874). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765572 on 2016-08-14
Description The length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm. The fusiform shell had an acuminate spire. It shows nine flattened whorls with shallow sutures; however, the penultimate whorl is subconvex. The two whorls of the protoconch are white and smooth. The shell is obliquely longitudinally costate, the costae fading towards the upper part and the base of the body whorl, with close revolving lines. The interior of the oval body whorl is white. The outer lip is sharp. The columellar lip has a fairly thick callus. The anal sinus is moderate and rounded. The wide siphonal canal is very short and slightly recurved. The columella is rather straight. The color of the shell is yellowish-white, marked with chestnut, and with also scarcely apparent lines of chestnut.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural SciencesSouverbie, M. & Montrouzier, R.P. (1874) Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 22, 187–201
Distribution This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
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