Clanculus albugo
A marine snail endemic to New South Wales, Australia.
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A marine gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Trochidae (the top snails) is the species Clanculus albugo.[1][2]
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- SubclassVetigastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyTrochidae
- GenusClanculus
- SpeciesClanculus albugo
Named by (Watson, 1880)
Close relatives
Other species of Clanculus with a Codexery entry.
- Clanculus albanyensis Clanculus albanyensis
- Clanculus aloysii Clanculus aloysii
- Clanculus atypicus Clanculus atypicus
- Clanculus berthelotii Clanculus berthelotii
- Clanculus bronni Clanculus bronni
- Clanculus brunneus Clanculus brunneus
- Clanculus clanguloides Clanculus clanguloides
- Clanculus clangulus Clanculus clangulus
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Clanculus albugo (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 594185 (CC BY 4.0)
Quick Facts
- Family
- Trochidae
- Distribution
- Endemic to Australia, occurs off New South Wales
- Number of whorls
- 5
- Shell shape
- Small
- conoidal
- with tumid conical base
- Color
- Pale transparent resinous brown, flecked below sutures and at periphery with alternate spots of white and crimson
Facts from the source article.
Biology and range
Its sculpture includes many irregular oblique faint growth lines and a few remote rounded spirals.[3] Two spirals at the periphery form a feeble double carina.[3] GBIF holds only 1 occurrence record for this taxon.[4]
What the specialist sources record
The World Register of Marine Species lists Clanculus albugo as accepted, with the authority (R. B. Watson, 1880).[2] GBIF also accepts the species under the name Clanculus albugo (R.B.Watson, 1880).[4] The species is classified in the order Trochida and class Gastropoda.[2][4] The environment for this species is marine.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Clanculus albugo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rosenberg, G. (2012). Clanculus albugo (Watson, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- World Register of Marine Species, Clanculus albugo (AphiaID 594185). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org
- Wikipedia, "Clanculus albugo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Minolia albugo) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Clanculus albugo (taxon key 4615499). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Clanculus albugo (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Classification: the source article's taxobox; order, family and genus checked against WoRMS, the World Register of Marine Species (CC BY 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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