Clanculus ceylonicus
Specimen of Clanculus ceylonicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Clanculus
Species:	C. ceylonicus
Binomial name
Clanculus ceylonicus G. & H. Nevill, 1869

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

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm. The shell shows heavily beaded spiral cords, 11 on the last whorl. Small axial ribs join the beads in between.

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This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion, India and Sri Lanka.

• G. & H. Nevill, 1869, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal p. 157, 1869

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
• World Register of Marine Species
• "Clanculus ceylonicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Vie Oceane: Clanculus ceylonicus

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