Clanculus weedingi
Appearance
Clanculus weedingi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Clanculus |
Species: | C. weedingi
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Binomial name | |
Clanculus weedingi Cotton, 1938
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Synonyms | |
Clanculus (Isoclanculus) weedingi Cotton, 1938 |
Clanculus weedingi 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 attains 11 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Clanculus weedingi Cotton, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594214 on 2012-11-23
- Cotton, B.C. 1938. The Joseph Banks Islands No 4. Mollusca. Part 2. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 51(1): 159-176
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
External links
[edit]- World Register of Marine Species
- "Clanculus weedingi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.