Clanculus ceylonicus
| Clanculus ceylonicus | |
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| Specimen of Clanculus ceylonicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Clanculus |
| Species: | C. ceylonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Clanculus ceylonicus G. & H. Nevill, 1869
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Clanculus ceylonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm. The shell shows heavily beaded spiral cords, 11 on the last whorl. Small axial ribs join the beads in between.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion, India and Sri Lanka.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Clanculus ceylonicus G. & H. Nevill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594188 on 2012-11-23
- G. & H. Nevill, 1869, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal p. 157, 1869
External links
[edit]- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Clanculus ceylonicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Vie Oceane: Clanculus ceylonicus
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