Clanculus rarus
| Clanculus rarus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Clanculus |
| Species: | C. rarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Clanculus rarus (Dufo, 1840) [1] | |
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Clanculus rarus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
The description by Dufo was miserable and doesn't allow an undisputed definition. Paul Fischer (1835-1893) suggested that it should be relegated to the synonymy of Clanculus pharaonius. [3]
Description
The size of the shell attains 12 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene basin.
References
- ↑ Dufo, Ann. des. Sc. Nat. 2e. Ser. xiv, 1840, p. 188
- ↑ Clanculus rarus (Dufo, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ↑ L.C. Kiener & Paul Fischer, Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris : la collection Lamarck, celle du prince Masséna (appartenant maintenant a M.B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs; Paris :J.B. Baillière,1873-80
- Herbert, D. G. 1991. New records of Mollusca from southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Annals of the Natal Museum 32: 305-318. page(s): 308
External links
- Ph. Dautzenberg, Liste des Mollusques Marins de France provenant des îlesGlorieuses; Société des sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de France t.5 (1895)
- Gastropods.com: Clanculus rarus
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