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Clanculus peccatus
preserved specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Clanculus
Species:	C. (P.) peccatus
Binomial name
Clanculus (Paraclanculus) peccatus (Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms
Clanculus peccatus (Finlay, 1926) (basionym) Paraclanculus peccatus Finlay, 1927 Trochus ringens Suter, 1913 Trochus takapunaensis Webster, 1906

Clanculus (Paraclanculus) peccatus is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

The height of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand, found under rocks at about 15–20 m off Great Barrier Island.

References

1. Marshall, B. (2014). Clanculus (Paraclanculus) peccatus (Finlay, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758064 on 2014-04-13

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254

External links

• "Clanculus (Paraclanculus) peccatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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