Clanculus stigmatarius
| Clanculus stigmatarius | |
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| A shell of Clanculus stigmatarius 12.9 mm high by 10.1 mm diameter, from New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Clanculus |
| Species: | C. stigmatarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Clanculus stigmatarius A. Adams, 1853
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Clanculus stigmatarius[1] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species occurs from Port Douglas to Capricorn and Bunker Group, Queensland, Australia in the Indo-Pacific.[3] Alternately, the distribution is listed as: Australia, New Caledonia, Western Pacific, Philippines.[4] A single reference has been found for the species in Okinawa, Japan.[5]
References
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- ^ OBIS Indo Pacific Molluscan Database, http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/6796
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Clanculus stigmatarius. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594180 on 2014-05-28
- ^ OBIS Indo Pacific Molluscan Database, http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/6796
- ^ 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
- ^ 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 Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Adams, A. 1853. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150-192
- Fischer, P. 1877. Genres Calcar, Trochus, Xenophora, Tectarius et Risella. pp. 115–240 in Keiner, L.C. (ed.). Spécies general et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 11
- Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476-513, pls 16-2
- Oliver, W.R.B. 1915. The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 509-568
- Short, J.W. & Potter, D.G. 1987. Shells of Queensland and The Great Barrier Reef. Drummoyne, NSW : Golden press Pty Ltd 135 pp., 60 pl.
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
- Jansen, P. 1995. A review of the genus Clanculus Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in Australia, with description of a new subspecies and the introduction of a nomen novum. Vita Marina 43(1-2): 39-62