Biology:Clanculus edentulus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Clanculus edentulus | |
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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. edentulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Clanculus edentulus (A. Adams, 1853)
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| Synonyms | |
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Euchelus edentulus A. Adams, 1853 (original combination) | |
Clanculus edentulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the bottom snails.[1][2]
OBIS (the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database) declares this species an Incertae Sedis (with uncertain taxonomic placement ).[3]
Description
The shell has an orbiculate-conoid shape. It is dirty red with white spots. The transverse ribs are granulated. The whorls are slightly convex. The umbilical margin is subcrenulate. The top of the columella is plicate. The columella lacks a denticle and has three tubercles at its base. The inner lip is subsulcate.[4]
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Clanculus edentulus (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567195 on 2012-11-23
- ↑ Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Vilvens C. (2009) A new Clanculus (Trochidae) from the Philippines, with additional notes and new records of Trichidae-species in the archipelago. Visaya 2(4): 4-10. (Published June 2009)
- ↑ OBIS: Clanculus edentulus
- ↑ H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Adams, A., 1853. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1851(19):150-192
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5125673 entry
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