Biology:Clanculus weedingi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Clanculus weedingi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species:
C. weedingi
Binomial name
Clanculus weedingi
Cotton, 1938
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

The size of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References

  1. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q5125732 entry