Clanculus weedingi

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Clanculus weedingi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species:
C. weedingi
Binomial name
Clanculus weedingi
Cotton, 1938
Synonyms

Clanculus (Isoclanculus) weedingi Cotton, 1938

Clanculus weedingi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Clanculus weedingi Cotton, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594214 on 2012-11-23
  • Cotton, B.C. 1938. The Joseph Banks Islands No 4. Mollusca. Part 2. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 51(1): 159-176
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.

External links

  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Clanculus weedingi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.Error: "Q5125732" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.