Clanculus ceylonicus | |
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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. ceylonicus
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Binomial name | |
Clanculus ceylonicus G. & H. Nevill, 1869
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Clanculus ceylonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm. The shell shows heavily beaded spiral cords, 11 on the last whorl. Small axial ribs join the beads in between.
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This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion, India and Sri Lanka.
Clanculus ceylonicus | |
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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. ceylonicus
|
Binomial name | |
Clanculus ceylonicus G. & H. Nevill, 1869
|
Clanculus ceylonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm. The shell shows heavily beaded spiral cords, 11 on the last whorl. Small axial ribs join the beads in between.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (April 2014) |
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion, India and Sri Lanka.