Clanculus quadricingulatus

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

Clanculus quadricingulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species:
C. quadricingulatus
Binomial name
Clanculus quadricingulatus
Ludbrook N.H., 1941

Description

The height of the depressed conoidal shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 6.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.

References
  1. Ludbrook N.H. Gastropoda from the Abattoirs Bore, Adelaide, South Australia, together with a List of some Miscellaneous Fossils from the Bore; Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia v. 65, p. 82 (1941)


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