Clanculus richeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Clanculus richeri | |
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Shell of Clanculus richeri (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. richeri
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Binomial name | |
Clanculus richeri Vilvens, 2000[1]
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 14 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia and in the Coral Sea.
References
edit- ^ Vilvens (2000). Novapex 1 (3–4) : 95–99. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ Clanculus richeri Vilvens, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- Vilvens, C., 2000. Description of a new species of Clanculus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from New Caledonia. Novapex 1(3-4): 95-99