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Clanculus
''Clanculus'' is a genus of sea snail, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Clanculus Montfort, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138587 on 2011-04-07 Distribution ''Clanculus'' is an old genus. Fossils found in Italy date from the Pliocene (''C. corallinus'', ''C. elevatus'', ''C. bonfittoi'', ''C. jussieui'') The distribution of this genus is worldwide, individuals of some species sometimes occur in great numbers, from the intertidal zone up to depths of 200 m. Many species can be found in Australia, New Zealand, the Indo-Pacific, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Japan, South Africa, Zanzibar, Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, West Africa, Angola, North Africa and Europe. Shell description These top shells are wide-conical and low spired. Their spirally ribbed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Adesus
''Clanculus'' is a genus of sea snail, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Clanculus Montfort, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138587 on 2011-04-07 Distribution ''Clanculus'' is an old genus. Fossils found in Italy date from the Pliocene (''C. corallinus'', ''C. elevatus'', ''C. bonfittoi'', ''C. jussieui'') The distribution of this genus is worldwide, individuals of some species sometimes occur in great numbers, from the intertidal zone up to depths of 200 m. Many species can be found in Australia, New Zealand, the Indo-Pacific, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Japan, South Africa, Zanzibar, Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, West Africa, Angola, North Africa and Europe. Shell description These top shells are wide-conical and low spired. Their spirally ribbed scu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Baccatus
''Clanculus'' is a genus of sea snail, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Clanculus Montfort, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138587 on 2011-04-07 Distribution ''Clanculus'' is an old genus. Fossils found in Italy date from the Pliocene (''C. corallinus'', ''C. elevatus'', ''C. bonfittoi'', ''C. jussieui'') The distribution of this genus is worldwide, individuals of some species sometimes occur in great numbers, from the intertidal zone up to depths of 200 m. Many species can be found in Australia, New Zealand, the Indo-Pacific, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Japan, South Africa, Zanzibar, Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, West Africa, Angola, North Africa and Europe. Shell description These top shells are wide-conical and low spired. Their spirally ribbed scu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Atropurpureus
''Clanculus atropurpureus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Clanculus atropurpureus'' (Gould, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547246 on 2012-11-23 Charles Hedley (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, 1902, p. 16) suggests, that ''Clanculus atropurpureus'' and ''Clanculus samoensis'' Hombr. & Jacq., appear to be synonyms of Clanculus denticulatus (Gray, 1827). Description The height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 9 mm. The depressed, umbilicate shell has conoid shape. It is, dark purplish or ferrugineous brown, unicolored, the apex carmine. The shell contains six convex granose-lirate whorls. The sutures are narrowly subcanaliculate. The body whorl is rounded at the periphery and abruptly briefly deflected anteriorly. It is encircled by 16 or 17 finely, very regularly but feebly granose lirae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Atricatena
''Clanculus atricatena'', common name the black-chained topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm. The umbilical shell has a broadly conical shape. The body whorl is rounded at its periphery. The umbilicus is wide and is bordered by a callus ridge with small nodules. Distribution This marine species is found off the coast of Transkei, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... References * Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) ''Sea Shells of Southern Africa''. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 40 * Herbert G.G. (1993). ''Revision of the Trochinae, tribe Trochini (Gastropoda: Trochidae) of sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Aloysii
''Clanculus aloysii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Clanculus aloysii'' Tenison-Woods, 1876. Accessed through: on November 23, 2012 Description The height of the shell varies between 8 mm and 9 mm, its diameter between 9 mm and 11 mm. The small, conical shell is carinated and umbilicated. it is whitish or corneous, marked above with zigzag radiating stripes (sometimes broken into dots) of sepia or black, below unicolored white or sparsely dotted with black. The peripheral c ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Albanyensis
''Clanculus albanyensis'', common name the yellow top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Clanculus albanyensis'' Jansen, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594183 on 2012-11-23 Description The height of the shell attains 12 mm. The umbilicate shell has a conoidal shape. It is isabella-colored and sculptured with very fine spiral lirae, about 11 on the penultimate whorl, 40 on the last whorl. They are on the upper whorls distinctly granulose, on the last almost entirely smooth. The 6 to 7 whorls are rather rounded with a convex base, the last one is scarcely angled. The margin of the narrow umbilicus is dentate. The columella is very oblique, not solute above and terminates below in a simple, small denticle. The outer lip is thickened within with five folds but near the edge with numerous wrinkles. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Atypicus
''Clanculus atypicus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Clanculus atypicus'' Iredale, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592809 on 2012-11-23 Description (Original description by Tom Iredale) The small, solid, umbilicate shell has a depressedly globose shape with six whorls. Its periphery is rounded, and its base flattened. The colour of the shell is dark greyish-brown, painted obliquely with yellow or fawn. Its sculpture consists of fine spiral threads of varying strengths, about eighteen major ones on the body whorl. The preceding whorl shows six major threads only. The axial sculpture is represented by very fine close lines. The suture is deep, channelled, bounded by a row of nodules. The oblique aperture is subquadrate. The outer lip is slightly crenulate and recurved. The deep umbilicus is surrounded by a nodu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Ater
''Clanculus ater'', common name the topsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 14 mm. The black shell shows a few inconspicuous whitish dots. It has a bright rose apex. The coloration resembles ''Clanculus atropurpureus''. The shell contains 6 whorls. There are about 17 spiral lirae on the body whorl, with threads or minor lirae in some of the intervals. The whorls of Ihe spire are angular by the prominence of the middle beaded cord. Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan. References * Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) ''The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands''. Visaya Supplement 2: 1–228. page(s): 72 External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clanculus Ater ater Ater (Hebrew אֲתַר) is an Old Testament male name. #A descendant of Hezekiah, who returned from Babyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus (Paraclanculus) Peccatus
''Clanculus (Paraclanculus) peccatus'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2014). Clanculus (Paraclanculus) peccatus (Finlay, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758064 on 2014-04-13 Description The height of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 12 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ..., found under rocks at about 15–20 m off Great Barrier Island. References * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Albugo
''Clanculus albugo'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Clanculus albugo'' (Watson, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594185 on 2012-11-23 Description The small, conoidal shell has a tumid conical base. It is bluntly bicarinate and umbilicate with a resinous luster. Its sculpture shows very many irregular oblique faint lines of growth, with a few remote rounded spirals, which are very weak above, stronger on the base, and of which two at the periphery form a feeble double carina. The color of the shell is: a pale transparent resinous brown, flecked below the sutures and, at the periphery with alternate spots of white and crimson. The latter color runs in minute zigzag streaks down the shell. There are also, both above and on the base, a few delicate spirals of alternate crimson and white specks. The spire is rather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Albinus
''Clanculus albinus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Clanculus albinus'' A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594184 on 2012-11-23 Description The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 20 mm. The large, very solid shell is deeply and rather widely false-umbilicate. It has a globose-conic shape. The spire is obtuse and contains about six whorls. These are wound obliquely, slightly gradated, rounded at the periphery, a little descending and constricted at the aperture. The base of the shell is rather flat, extending obliquely. The colour of the shell is pale buff, punctate with small irregularly scattered crimson or brown dots. The sculpture of the shell shows small grains of nearly uniform size are crowded in close spiral rows. On the body whorl there are eighteen, on the penultimate seven, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanculus Ormophorus
''Clanculus ormophorus'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Trochidae, the top snails. This name applies to a species which is incertae sedis; the name may be a synonym of another species Description The size of the shell attains 18 mm. The umbilical shell has a depressed-conical shape with rounded Whorl (mollusc), whorls. The cinguli are granulated in an equal manner. The first, second and third cinguli contain cinguli with dark granules alternated with white. The fourth contains brown granules. The penultimate whorl is crooked. The body whorl is rounded. The Umbilicus (mollusc), umbilicus is crenulated. The Columella (gastropod), columella is callous, subreflexed and with a triplicate tooth at its base. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf. References OBIS info* Adams, A., 1853. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. . P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
