Clanculus waltonae

Clanculus waltonae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2][3][4]

Clanculus waltonae
Clanculus waltonae Sowerby, 1892
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species:
C. waltonae
Binomial name
Clanculus waltonae
Sowerby III, 1892
Synonyms[1]
  • Clanculus (Clanculopsis) waltonae G.B. Sowerby, 1892
  • Clanculus miniatus auct.

Description

The shell may attain a height of 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off False Bay to East London, South Africa

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Clanculus waltonae Sowerby III, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567826 on 2012-11-23
  2. Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
  3. Herbert G.G. (1993). Revision of the Trochinae, tribe Trochini (Gastropoda: Trochidae) of southern Africa. Annals of the natal Museum 34(2):239-308.
  4. Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Clanculus waltonae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • .Barnard K.H., Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda : Prosobranchiata; Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum v.47 (1963-1974)


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