Clanculus stigmatarius

Clanculus stigmatarius
Clanculus stigmatarius
A shell of Clanculus stigmatarius 12.9 mm high by 10.1 mm diameter, from New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species: C. stigmatarius
Binomial name
Clanculus stigmatarius
A. Adams, 1853

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

Description

This species has a widely conical trochid (top-shaped) shell, with a more highly raised spire than is typical for the genus. The shell has spirally ribbed sculpture consisting of conspicuous regular rows of robust, round beads. The whorls show a profile with a deep suture, and the final whorl is slightly inflated. The aperture of the shell is white, oval, with a strongly ridged lip. The umbilicus is deep. The main color of the body of the shell is tan to golden, with a distinctive repeating pattern of rounded beads in colors that include bright pink, red, and ivory white.

Distribution

This species occurs from Port Douglas to Capricorn and Bunker Group, Queensland, Australia in the Indo-Pacific.[2] Alternately, the distribution is listed as: Australia, New Caledonia, Western Pacific, Philippines.[3] A single reference has been found for the species in Okinawa, Japan. [4]

References

  1. ^ OBIS Indo Pacific Molluscan Database, http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/6796
  2. ^ OBIS Indo Pacific Molluscan Database, http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/6796
  3. ^ The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1914), Volume 47:509-568 at p. 516, link to: http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_47/rsnz_47_00_008530.html
  4. ^ Fujukan: University Museum, University of the Ryukyus, Fujukan Online Collection Database, http://fujukan.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/en/spec/details.php?id=RUMF-ZM-06635&lang=en


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