Clanculus simoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
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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. simoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Clanculus simoni Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006[1]
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Description and identification
editThe size of the shell varies between 9.8 mm and 12.7 mm.
The shells are covered in cats eyes style dots, and are usually rose colored, leading up to cone shell becoming smaller as they go up the shell. The shell is also heavily banded.[3][4]
Reproduction
editThese species are mostly broadcast spawners, and the embryos evolve into planktonic trocophore larva then, juvenile veligers, eventually becoming full grown adults.[4]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.[2]
References
edit- ^ Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker. 2006. Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2 Pages: 3–228. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ a b Clanculus simoni Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ "Marine Species Traits - Clanculus simoni Poppe, Tagaro & H. Dekker, 2006". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Clanculus simoni". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
External links
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- "Clanculus simoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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