''Clanculus ormophorus'' is a
species of medium-sized
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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
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
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 rounded. The
umbilicus is crenulated. The
columella is callous, subreflexed and with a triplicate tooth at its base.
H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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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. . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1851(19):150-192
External links
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ormophorus
Gastropods described in 1853