Clionella confusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

(Original description) The elongate shell has a uniform bright red or yellowish colour.

This species has been confounded with Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846) because of its bright red colour.

Reeve's species, however, appears invariably to have the cingulum at the upper part of the whorls whitish, and more or less spotted with brown.

[3] This marine species occurs from Mossel Bay to North Transkei, South Africa.