Clanculus minor explained

Clanculus minor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The height of the shell attains 5 mm. The small shell has a conical shape. It is white with radial reddish-brown strokes. The whorls are plane with transverse granulated cinguli. The body whorl is angulate. The base of the shell is flat. The umbilical margin is crenulate. The columella terminates in a bent tubercle. The inner lip is ridged.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

• Arthur Adams (1853), Descriptions of new species of Trochidae; The Annals and Magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, 2nd ser. v. 12

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Clanculus minor (A. Adams, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567194 on 2012-11-23
2. Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Vilvens C. (2009) A new Clanculus (Trochidae) from the Philippines, with additional notes and new records of Trichidae-species in the archipelago. Visaya 2(4): 4-10. (Published June 2009)
3. https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia