''Clanculus denticulatus'', common name the toothed clanculus, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Trochidae, the top snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Clanculus denticulatus'' (Gray, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547247 on 2012-11-23]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 13 mm. The depressed, spirally grooved shell has a conical shape. It is pale reddish, ornamented with rows of white and brown spots. The; ribs are slightly granulated. The
sutures are distinct and impressed. The lower part of the
body whorl
The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
In gastropods
In gastropods, the b ...
is nearly smooth. The white
umbilicus is smooth inside, the edge furnished with a series of granules. The
aperture is subquadrangular. The outer
lip is crenulated at the edge. The columellar lip is smooth, with a large tooth at the inside and a little roughness on the outer side.
H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
(described as ''Monodonta denticulata'')
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan
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, the Philippines and Australia
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References
* Gray, J.E. 1826. ''Mollusca''. pp. 474–496 in King, P.P. (ed). Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822. London : John Murray Vol. 2.
* Menke, C.T. 1843. ''Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae'' Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannover : Hahniana 46 pp
* Wilson B. (1993) ''Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 1.'' Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 408 pp.
* Jansen, P. 1995. ''A review of the genus Clanculus Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in Australia, with description of a new subspecies and the introduction of a nomen novum.'' Vita Marina 43(1-2): 39-62
External links
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
Encyclopedia of Life
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
World Register of Marine Species
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denticulatus
Gastropods described in 1827
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