Clanculus rarus

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

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

Contents

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.

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