Biology:Clanculus waltonae

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Clanculus waltonae
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.142845 - Clanculus waltonae Sowerby, 1892 - Trochidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Clanculus waltonae Sowerby, 1892
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species:
C. waltonae
Binomial name
Clanculus waltonae
Sowerby III, 1892
Synonyms[1]
  • Clanculus (Clanculopsis) waltonae G.B. Sowerby, 1892
  • Clanculus miniatus auct.

Clanculus waltonae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2][3][4]

Description

The shell may attain a height of 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off False Bay to East London, South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Clanculus waltonae Sowerby III, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567826 on 2012-11-23
  2. Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
  3. Herbert G.G. (1993). Revision of the Trochinae, tribe Trochini (Gastropoda: Trochidae) of southern Africa. Annals of the natal Museum 34(2):239-308.
  4. Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5125731 entry