''Clanculus ceylonicus'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resemb ...
, the top snails.
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Clanculus ceylonicus'' G. & H. Nevill, 1869. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594188 on 2012-11-23
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
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and
Sri Lanka.
References
* G. & H. Nevill, 1869, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal p. 157, 1869
External links
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)To World Register of Marine Species*
ceylonicus
Gastropods described in 1869
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