Clanculus tonnerrei

Clanculus tonnerrei
Clanculus tonnerrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species: C. tonnerrei
Binomial name
Clanculus tonnerrei
(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clanculus (Clanculopsis) tonnerrei (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
  • Clanculus assabensis Caramagna, 1888
  • Clanculus gennesi (H. Fisher & Vignal, 1901)
  • Clanculus gibbonsi G.B. sowerby III, 1912
  • Clypeomorus gennesi (H. Fischer & Vignal, 1901)
  • Euchelus erythraeensis Sturany, 1903

Clanculus tonnerrei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Djibouti, the Mascarene basin, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ a b Clanculus tonnerrei (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211264 on 29 June 2011.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Herbert D.G. (1996). Observations on Clanculus tonnerrei (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) (Mollusca Gastropoda Trochidae). Tropical Zoology 9:31-45

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