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Clanculus samoensis SamoaTop Snail

Clanculus samoensis is commonly referred to as SamoaTop Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Clanculus-samoensis-jj-0103-062010, Kwajalein 2018


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lexID:
14604 
AphiaID:
854186 
Scientific:
Clanculus samoensis 
German:
Samoa Kreiselschnecke 
English:
SamoaTop Snail 
Category:
Snäckor med skal 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Clanculus (Genus) > samoensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hombron & Jacquinot, ), 1848 
Occurrence:
Indian Ocean, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Samoa 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
1,3 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Clanculus albanyensis
  • Clanculus albinus
  • Clanculus albugo
  • Clanculus aloysii
  • Clanculus ater
  • Clanculus atricatena
  • Clanculus atypicus
  • Clanculus berthelotii
  • Clanculus bicarinatus
  • Clanculus boyeti
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-03-14 19:58:30 

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Clanculus samoensis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)

The shell is, dark purplish or ferrugineous brown in color, unicolored, the apex carmine.
This top snail is an algae grazer and deposit feeder.

Synonymised names:
Clanculus atropurpureus (Gould, 1849) · unaccepted
Trochus (Monodonta) atropurpureus Gould, 1849 · unaccepted
Trochus samoensis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Clanculus-samoensis-k01-090905, Kwajalein 2018
Clanculus-samoensis-jj-6504a-121916, Kwajalein 2018
Clanculus-samoensis-jj-6479-121916, Kwajalein 2018
Clanculus-samoensis-jj-0103-062010, Kwajalein 2018

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