''Clanculus richeri'' 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.
Description
The height of the shell attains 14 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
New Caledonia and in the
Coral Sea.
References
* Vilvens, C., 2000. ''Description of a new species of Clanculus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from New Caledonia''. Novapex 1(3-4): 95-99
richeri
Gastropods described in 2000
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