Eurytrochus danieli
Source-cited species reference: taxonomy from WoRMS, biology from SeaLifeBase, occurrence map from GBIF, description from Wikipedia.
Eurytrochus danieli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
- Scientific name
- Eurytrochus danieli
- Authority
- (Crosse, 1862)
- Family
- Trochidae
- Order
- Trochida
- Habitat zone
- benthic
- Gbif occurrence records
- 61
Classification (WoRMS)
Full classification as recorded by WoRMS: Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Mollusca · Class: Gastropoda · Order: Trochida · Family: Trochidae · Genus: Eurytrochus.
Accepted name: Eurytrochus danieli · Authority: (Crosse, 1862) · Taxonomic status: accepted · AphiaID: 547319.
Synonyms and superseded combinations recorded for this taxon: Clanculus danieli Crosse, 1862; Gibbula (Eurytrochus) danieli (Crosse, 1862).
Source: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547319 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Biology and life history (SeaLifeBase)
Measured values published by SeaLifeBase for Eurytrochus danieli. Only fields the database actually holds for this species are shown; these are database values, not aquarium guidance.
Habitat zone: benthic.
SeaLifeBase notes: Found at depths of intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 75835).
Source: SeaLifeBase species summary (SpecCode 105294) — https://www.sealifebase.se/summary/Eurytrochus-danieli.html (CC BY-NC 3.0 — non-commercial use only). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Distribution and occurrence records (GBIF)
61 georeferenced occurrence records for Eurytrochus danieli are published through GBIF from 7 countries or marine areas. The map above plots 23 distinct locations from a sample of 61 records, omitting 8 inland records that carry an institution's coordinates rather than a collection site; it shows where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Most records by country or area: Australia (27); New Caledonia (21); Marshall Islands (4); Vanuatu (4); Japan (3); Fiji (1); Papua New Guinea (1).
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4615544) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4615544&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547319 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Description and natural history (Wikipedia)
The shell grows to a length of 6 mm. The narrowly umbilicate shell is depressed conoidal, and solid. This lusterless shell is whitish. The upper surface is spirally banded with dark brown. The apex is roseate. The base of the shell is light, and clouded with brown. The spiral is low-conoidal. The apex is acute. The sutures are well impressed. The five whorls are somewhat convex, spirally coarsely ridged. The ridges are not beaded. They number about 4 to 6 above the periphery, but are more numerous on the base The whole surface is closely, minutely, densely, spirally and radiately striate. The body whorl is slightly descending at the aperture. It is rounded or subcarinate at periphery. The aperture is quite oblique, rounded-subquadrate. The outer lip is slightly crenulated, and margined inside by a thin opaque white band, silvery and showing folds in the nacre within. The columella is oblique, sinuous, and a little thickened in the middle. The umbilicus is deep, narrow, and bounded by a smooth rib.
This marine species occurs off North Queensland, Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa and the Philippines.
Source: Wikipedia: Eurytrochus danieli — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurytrochus_danieli (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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