Clanculus depictus
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| Clanculus depictus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Clanculus |
| Species: | C. depictus
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| Binomial name | |
| Clanculus depictus A. Adams, 1854
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Clanculus depictus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The pseudo-umbilicate shell has a conoid shape. It is white with green radial bands. It can also be yellow or gray with irregular black stripes running down the shell. It is decorated with unequal subgranose cinguli (spiral ornamentations). The whorls are plane, but the penultimate whorl is angulate. The margin of the umbilicus is simple. The top of the columella is uniplicate and below it has three small tubercles.[2][3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mumbai.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Clanculus depictus A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594192 on 2012-11-23
- ^ H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- ^ The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 8 (1893)
External links
[edit | edit source]Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).