Clanculus pini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Clanculus pini | |
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Shell of Clanculus pini (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Clanculus |
Species: | C. pini
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Binomial name | |
Clanculus pini Rubio & Rolan, 2002[1]
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Description
editThe size of the shell attains 11 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Ghana.[2]
References
edit- ^ Rubio & Rolan. 2002. Revision of the genus Clanculus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the eastern Atlantic Editore Evolver srl, Rome: 1–77. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ a b Clanculus pini Rubio & Rolan, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.