Clanculus ceylonicus

Clanculus ceylonicus
Specimen of Clanculus ceylonicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Clanculus
Species:	C. ceylonicus
Binomial name
Clanculus ceylonicus G. & H. Nevill, 1869

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm. The shell shows heavily beaded spiral cords, 11 on the last whorl. Small axial ribs join the beads in between.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion, India and Sri Lanka.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Clanculus ceylonicus G. & H. Nevill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594188 on 2012-11-23

• G. & H. Nevill, 1869, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal p. 157, 1869

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
• World Register of Marine Species
• "Clanculus ceylonicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Vie Oceane: Clanculus ceylonicus