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Clanculus (Clanculus) flosculus P. Fischer 1878

Description

Clanculus (Clanculus) flosculus (P. Fischer, 1878)

Trochus flosculus P. Fischer, 1878 in 1875–1880: 300, pl. 96, fig. 1. Type loc.: Seychelles; neotype in MNHN, designated by Herbert (1993: 256, figs 20–22); neotype loc.: Cerf Island, Seychelles.

Trochus (Clanculus) flosculus — P. Fischer, 1878b: 211.

Clanculus flosculus — Herbert, 1991c: 307, figs 3–6. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 22, fig. 64. Jarrett, 2000: 4, fig. 12. Deuss et al., 2013: 136, fig. h.

Clanculus (Clanculus) flosculus — Herbert, 1993: 253, pl. 1c, figs 7, 20–26 (detailed synonymy and chresonymy).

Distribution. East Africa and islands of the western Indian Ocean, south to central Zululand (Mission Rocks); local material mostly from subtidal reefs, 5–50 m (living 7–22 m).

Notes

Published as part of Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), pp. 1-98 in Zootaxa 4049 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245367

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Trochidae
Genus
Clanculus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trochida
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
P. Fischer
Species
flosculus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Clanculus (Clanculus) flosculus Fischer, 1878 sec. Herbert, 2015

References

  • Herbert, D. G. (1993) Revision of the Trochinae, tribe Trochini (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 34, 239 - 308.
  • Fischer, P. (1878 b) Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie, 26, 211 - 213.
  • Herbert, D. G. (1991 c) New records of Mollusca from southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 32, 305 - 318.
  • Jarrett, A. G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carol Green Publishing, Cambridge, 149 pp.
  • Deuss, M. Richard, G. & Verneau, N. (2013) Mollusques de Mayotte. Naturalistes Environement et Patrimonie de Mayotte, Mamoudzou, 378 pp.