Clanculus brunneus

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Clanculus brunneus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species:
C. brunneus
Binomial name
Clanculus brunneus
A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms
  • Clanculus omalomphalusA. Adams, 1853
  • Clanculus zebridesA. Adams, 1853
  • Isoclanculus brunneusIredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962

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

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 15 mm. The shell has a depressed-conic shape. It is dark brown, adorned with colored bands with granules. The interstices are longitudinally elevated. The whorls are flat, the last one is sharply angulate. The umbilicus has a flat margin. The columella is transversely oblique with a tasseled margin. It terminates in a biplicate tooth. The inner lip shows fine linear elevations, with the last lira the largest. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.

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