Clanculus waltonae

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Clanculus waltonae
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Clanculus waltonae Sowerby, 1892
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Domain: Eukaryota
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) waltonaeG.B. Sowerby, 1892
  • Clanculus miniatusauct.

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

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Description

The shell may attain a height of 10 mm.

Distribution

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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.


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