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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

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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 resembles ...

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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

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consists of conspicuous regular rows of robust, round beads. The

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s show a profile with a deep suture and the final whorl inflated. The

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of the shell is oval, with a strongly ridged lip. The umbilicus is generally deep. The color of the shell varies between orange, dark red, and chocolate brown.

Species

The type species, ''Clanculus pharaonius'', was described by

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in 1758 as ''Trochus pharaonius''. * † '' Clanculus adesus'' (Marwick, 1931) * '' Clanculus albanyensis'' Jansen, 1995 * ''

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.mar ...

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'' (Watson, 1880) * ''

Clanculus aloysii ''Clanculus aloysii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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Clanculus angiolianus ''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. Ac ...

'' Spadini, 2006 * † ''

Clanculus araonis ''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. Ac ...

'' (Basterot, 1825) * ''

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 ...

'' Pilsbry, 1911 * ''

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. Th ...

'' J.R. Tomlin, 1921 * ''

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.ma ...

'' Iredale, 1912 * † '' Clanculus baccatus'' (Defrance 1824) * '' Clanculus berthelotii'' (d'Orbigny, 1840) * '' Clanculus bicarinatus'' Angas, 1880 * † '' Clanculus bonfittoi'' Chirli, 2004 * '' Clanculus boyeti'' Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 * † '' Clanculus brebioni'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017 * '' Clanculus bronni'' (R.W. Dunker, 1860) * '' Clanculus brunneus''

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, 1853 * '' Clanculus buijsei'' Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 * † '' Clanculus cerberi'' (Brongniart, 1823) * '' Clanculus ceylonicus'' G.& H. Nevill, 1869 * '' Clanculus clanguloides'' Wood, 1828 * '' Clanculus clangulus'' (Wood, 1828) * '' Clanculus collingei'' Melvill, 1904 * '' Clanculus comarilis'' Ch. Hedley, 1912 * '' Clanculus consobrinus'' R. Tate, 1893 * '' Clanculus corallinus'' (

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, 1791) * '' Clanculus cristinae'' Rubio & Rolan, 2002 * '' Clanculus cruciatus'' (

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, 1854 * '' Clanculus dunkeri'' (Koch, 1843) * † '' Clanculus echinasteris'' Vera-Peláez, 2022 * '' Clanculus edentulus''

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, 1853 * '' Clanculus elevatus'' Spadini, 1986 * '' Clanculus escondidus'' Poppe, Tagaro & Vilvens, 2009 * '' Clanculus eucarinatus'' Monfort 1810 * '' Clanculus euchelioides'' R. Tate, 1893 * '' Clanculus flagellatus'' (

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, 1848) * '' Clanculus floridus'' (

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, 1850) * '' Clanculus flosculus'' Fischer, 1880 * '' Clanculus gemmulifer'' H. A. Pilsbry, 1901 * † '' Clanculus granifer'' (Pantanelli, 1888) * '' Clanculus granti'' Ch. Hedley, 1907 * '' Clanculus guineensis''

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, 1791 * † '' Clanculus gulyasi'' Kovács, Leél-Őssy & Vicián, 2023 * † '' Clanculus hoernesi'' (Pantanelli, 1888) * † '' Clanculus infraeocaenicus'' (Cossmann, 1892) * '' Clanculus johnstoni'' Ch. Hedley, 1917 * '' Clanculus jucundus'' Gould, 1861 * '' Clanculus jussieui'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * '' Clanculus korkosi'' Singer et al., 2000 * † '' Clanculus krachi'' Nosowska, 2020 * ''

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'' (Philippi, 1846) * † '' Clanculus landaui'' Spadini, 2006 * '' Clanculus largillierti'' (

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, 1849) * '' Clanculus laurae'' Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008 * '' Clanculus leucomphalus'' Verco, 1905 * '' Clanculus limbatus'' ( Quoy &

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, 1834) * † '' Clanculus lutosus'' Kensley & Pether, 1986 * † '' Clanculus manganellii'' Spadini, 2006 * '' Clanculus margaritarius'' (

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, 1849) * '' Clanculus mariaemaris'' Rubio & Rolan, 2002 * † '' Clanculus marqueti'' Spadini, 2006 * '' Clanculus maugeri'' (Wood, 1828) * '' Clanculus mauritianus'' Melvill, 1909 * '' Clanculus maxillatus'' (C.T. Menke, 1843) * '' Clanculus microdon'' Monfort 1810 * '' Clanculus miniatus'' (H.E. Anton, 1839) * '' Clanculus mixtus'' E.A. Smith, 1903 * '' Clanculus multipunctatus'' Jansen, 1995 * † '' Clanculus murrayi'' Carrington & Kensley, 1969 * '' Clanculus natalensis'' Herbert, 1993 * † '' Clanculus ozennei'' Crosse, 1862 * '' Clanculus peccatus'' (H. J. Finlay, 1926) * '' Clanculus persicus'' Habe & Shikama, 1964 * '' Clanculus personatus'' (

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, 1846) * '' Clanculus petziae'' Rubio & Rolan, 2002 * '' Clanculus pharaonius'' (

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, 1851) * † '' Clanculus praecruciatus'' Mikhailovsky, 1903 * † '' Clanculus pseudoaraonis'' (Strausz, 1960) * '' Clanculus pseudocorallinus'' Gofas, 1984 * '' Clanculus puniceus'' (Philippi, 1846) * '' Clanculus quadricingulatus'' Ludbrook N.H., 1941 * † ''

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'' Kosuge & Koizumi, 1990 * † '' Clanculus rembangensis'' (Wanner & Hahn, 1935) * '' Clanculus richeri'' Vilvens, 2000 * '' Clanculus ringens'' C.T. Menke, 1843 * † '' Clanculus robustus'' Friedberg, 1928 * '' Clanculus samoensis'' (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) * † ''

Clanculus sancticlementensis ''Clanculus'' is a genus of sea snail, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs of the family (biology), family Trochidae, the top shells.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Clanculus Montfort, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) W ...

'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017 * '' Clanculus santamariae'' Gofas, 1984 * '' Clanculus satrapius'' (E. von Martens, 1874) * '' Clanculus scabrosus'' (

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, 1850) * '' Clanculus scotti'' Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 * '' Clanculus simoni'' Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 * '' Clanculus spadiceus''

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, 1848 * '' Clanculus stigmatarius''

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, 1853 * '' Clanculus textilosus'' A. Adams, 1853 * '' Clanculus thomasi'' (Crosse, 1864) * '' Clanculus tonnerrei'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) * † ''

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'' Ludbrook, 1978 * † '' Clanculus tuberculatus'' (Eichwald, 1830) * † '' Clanculus turriculatus'' Sacco, 1896 * † '' Clanculus umbilicovadus'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017 * '' Clanculus undatoides'' J. E. Tennison-Woods, 1879 * '' Clanculus undatus'' (

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, 1816) * † '' Clanculus valdecinctus'' Fontannes, 1878 * † '' Clanculus verai'' Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2002 * '' Clanculus villanus'' (

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, 1846) * '' Clanculus waltonae'' Sowerby, 1892 ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Clanculus alfredensis'' Bartsch, 1915: synonym of ''Clanculus miniatus'' (Anton, 1838) * ''Clanculus angeli'' Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of ''Clanculus plebejus'' (Philippi, 1852) * ''Clanculus assabensis'' Caramagna, 1888 : synonym of ''Clanculus tonnerrei'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) * ''Clanculus becki'' Turton, 1932: synonym of ''Clanculus miniatus'' (Anton, 1838) * ''Clanculus bicrenatus'' Gould, 1849: synonym of '' Trochus bicrenatus'' Gould, 1849 * ''Clanculus blainvillii'' Cantraine, 1842: synonym of ''Clanculus jussieui'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * ''Clanculus blandus'' Dunker, 1865 (nomen nudum): synonym of '' Clanculus stigmatarius''

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): synonym of '' Infundibulum concavum'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Clanculus conspersus''

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, 1853 : synonym of ''Clanculus philippi'' (Koch in Philippi, 1843) * ''Clanculus couturii'' Payraudeau, 1826: synonym of ''Clanculus corallinus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Clanculus crassilabrum'' Sowerby III,1905: synonym of '' Herpetopoma crassilabrum'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1905) * ''Clanculus danieli'' Crosse, 1862: synonym of '' Eurytrochus danieli'' (Crosse, 1862) * ''Clanculus dominicanus'' Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of ''Clanculus plebejus'' (Philippi, 1852) * ''Clanculus elevatus'' Turton, 1932: synonym of ''Clanculus miniatus'' (Anton, 1838) * ''Clanculus eucosmia'' Turton, 1932: synonym of ''Clanculus miniatus'' (Anton, 1838) * ''Clanculus gatliffi'' Tomlin, 1924: synonym of ''Clanculus euchelioides'' Tate, 1893 * ''Clanculus gemmatus'' Gould, 1845: synonym of '' Euchelus gemmatus'' (Gould, 1845) * ''Clanculus gennesi'' Fischer, 1901 : synonym of ''Clanculus tonnerrei'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) * ''Clanculus gibbonsi'' Sowerby : synonym of ''Clanculus tonnerrei'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) * ''Clanculus gibbosus'' A. Adams, 1853: synonym of ''Clanculus floridus'' (Philippi, 1850) * ''Clanculus granosus'' J. Brazier, 1877 : synonym of ''Clanculus bronni'' Dunker, 1860 * ''Clanculus granoliratus'' Monterosato, 1889 : synonym of ''Clanculus jussieui'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * ''Clanculus hizenensis''

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in Martini & Chemnitz, 1849 : synonym of ''Clanculus atricatena'' Tomlin, 1921 * ''Clanculus laceyi'' G. B. Sowerby, 1889: synonym of ''Clanculus miniatus'' (Anton, 1838) * ''Clanculus maculosus'' A. Adams, 1853: synonym of ''Clanculus limbatus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) * ''Clanculus microdon ater'' H. A. Pilsbry, 1911 : synonym of ''Clanculus ater'' Pilsbry, 1901 * ''Clanculus miniatus'' (Anton, 1838) sensu Macnae & Kalk, 1969: synonym of ''Clanculus puniceus'' (Philippi, 1846) * ''Clanculus miniatus'' auct.: synonym of ''Clanculus waltonae'' Sowerby III, 1892 * ''Clanculus nodiliratus'' A. Adams, 1853: synonym of ''Clanculus plebejus'' (Philippi, 1852) * ''Clanculus nodulosus'' A. Adams, 1855: synonym of '' Trochus ferreirai'' Bozzetti, 1996 * ''Clanculus ochroleucus'' (

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, 1853): synonym of ''Clanculus albanyensis'' Jansen, 1995 * ''Clanculus omalomphalus'' A. Adams, 1853: synonym of ''Clanculus brunneus'' Adams, 1853 * ''Clanculus patagonicus''

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, 1835: synonym of '' Tegula patagonica'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * ''Clanculus peccatus'' (Finlay, 1927): synonym of '' Clanculus (Paraclanculus) peccatus'' (Finlay, 1926) * ''Clanculus philomenae'' Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of ''Clanculus philippi'' (Koch in Philippi, 1843) * ''Clanculus plabeius'' Pritchard & Gatliff, 1902: synonym of ''Clanculus plebejus'' (Philippi, 1852) * ''Clanculus puniceus'' (

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, 1791: synonym of '' Trochus radiatus'' Gmelin, 1791 * ''Clanculus raphaeli'' Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of ''Clanculus philippi'' (Koch in Philippi, 1843) * ''Clanculus rotellina'' A. A. Gould, 1849 : synonym of '' Camitia rotellina'' (Gould, 1849) * ''Clanculus rubens'' ("A. Adams") Angas, 1865: synonym of ''Clanculus dunkeri'' Koch in Philippi, 1843 * ''Clanculus samoensis'' Rousseau in Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1877: synonym of ''Clanculus atropurpureus'' (Gould, 1849) * ''Clanculus septenarius'' (Melvill & Standen, 1899): synonym of '' Pulchrastele septenaria'' (Melvill & Standen, 1899) * ''Clanculus trochiformis'' Turton, 1932: synonym of ''Clanculus miniatus'' (Anton, 1838) * ''Clanculus unedo'' (

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, 1853): synonym of ''Clanculus margaritarius'' (Philippi, 1846) * ''Clanculus variegatus'' A. Adams, 1853: synonym of ''Clanculus limbatus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) * ''Clanculus yatesii'' Crosse, 1863: synonym of '' Clanculus philippii'' (Koch in Philippi, 1843) * ''Clanculus zebrides'' A. Adams, 1853: synonym of ''Clanculus brunneus'' Adams, 1853

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