Clanculus rarus

Clanculus rarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species: C. rarus
Binomial name
Clanculus rarus
(Dufo, 1840) [1]
Synonyms
  • Trochus flosculus Fischer, 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]

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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