''Clanculus rubicundus'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The height of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter about the same. The narrowly umbilicated, rubicund shell has a globose-conic shape. Its
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s are rounded, separated by canaliculate
sutures and elegantly granose-cingulate. The
umbilicus shows a white, crenate margin. The columella is thick, twisted, incised above, and passes into a thick tooth below. The
lip is thickened, sulcate within, and splendidly pearly.
This is a beautiful species, allied to ''
Clanculus corallinus
''Clanculus corallinus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm. The umbilicate shell has a globose-conic shape. ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791), but much more slender. The elevated riblets are densely crenate and the interstices canaliculate. The spiral riblets on the penultimate whorl number four, on the last whorl inclusive of the base of the shell, 12 to 14. The color is uniform ruddy or scarlet, variegated with white in the umbilical region.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji
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in the Viti Levu Group
The Viti Levu Group is an archipelago in Fiji consisting Viti Levu island and its outliers.
Geography
The group had an aggregate area of , and a population of 574,801 at the 1996 census.
The outlying islands include:
* Bau
* Beqa
* Nukulau
* ...
.
References
* Dunker, W. (1871): ''Mollusca nova Musei Godeffroy Hamburgiensis''; Malakozoologische Blätter 18, pp. 150–175
External links
Systax (Universität Ulm, Ruhr-Universität Bochum): Clanculus rubicundus
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rubicundus
Gastropods described in 1871