Clanculus jucundus

Clanculus jucundus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species: C. jucundus
Binomial name
Clanculus jucundus
Gould, 1861 [1]

Clanculus jucundus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter also 5 mm. The small, depressed shell has an ovate-conical shape. It has an ocher or rufous color. The five convex whorls are tessellated near the channeled suture. The base of the shell is rounded. The umbilicus has a crenulate margin. The columella has an acute, prominent denticle. The inner lip is grooved.[3]

Distribution

This marine species was discovered off Sydney, New South Wales.

References

  1. Gould, Proc. Post Soc. Nat. Hist, viii, p. 17 (March, 1861)
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Clanculus jucundus Gould, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594198 on 2012-11-23
  3. H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External identifiers for Clanculus jucundus
WoRMS 594198
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