Clanculus rarus

Clanculus rarus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Clanculus rarus
Clanculus rarus (Dufo, 1840)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species:
C. rarus
Binomial name
Clanculus rarus
(Dufo, 1840) [1]
Synonyms
  • Trochus flosculus Fischer, 1880
  • Trochus rarus, Dufo, 1840

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

  • 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
  • Ph. Dautzenberg, Liste des Mollusques Marins de France provenant des îlesGlorieuses; Société des sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de France t.5 (1895)
  • "Clanculus rarus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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