- Clanculus tonnerrei
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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
- ^ 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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