Clanculus margaritarius Beautiful Clanculus

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

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

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AphiaID:: 211262

Scientific:: Clanculus margaritarius
German:: Wunderschöne Canculus, Kreiselschnecke
English:: Beautiful Clanculus

Category:: Lumache

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Clanculus (Genus) > margaritarius (Species)
Initial determination:: (Philippi, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Australia, China, India, Indo Pacific, Japan, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Taiwan
Sea depth:: - 28 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.79" (0,9cm - 2,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder
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
Clanculus bronni
Clanculus brunneus
Clanculus buijsei
Clanculus ceylonicus
Clanculus clanguloides
Geheimnisvolle-Kreiselschnecke
Clanculus clangulus
Clanculus cognatus
Clanculus comarilis
Clanculus consobrinus
Clanculus corallinus
Clanculus cristinae
Clanculus cruciatus
Kreiselschnecke
Clanculus denticulatus
Clanculus depictus
Clanculus dunkeri
Clanculus edentulus
Clanculus escondidus
Clanculus euchelioides
Clanculus flagellatus
Clanculus floridus
Clanculus flosculus
Clanculus gemmulifer
Clanculus granti
Clanculus guineensis
Clanculus johnstoni
Clanculus jucundus
Clanculus jussieui
Clanculus korkosi
Clanculus kraussii
Clanculus largillierti
Clanculus laurae
Clanculus leucomphalus
Clanculus limbatus
Clanculus margaritarius
Wunderschöne Canculus, Kreiselschnecke
Clanculus mariaemaris
Clanculus maugeri
Clanculus mauritianus
Clanculus maxillatus
Clanculus microdon
Clanculus miniatus
Clanculus minor
Clanculus mixtus
Clanculus multipunctatus
Clanculus natalensis
Clanculus nexus
Clanculus peccatus
Clanculus persicus
Clanculus personatus
Clanculus petziae
Clanculus pharaonius
Erdbeer-Kreiselschnecke, Pharaonenklapper
Clanculus philippii
Clanculus pini
Clanculus plebejus
Clanculus pseudocorallinus
Clanculus puniceus
Clanculus richeri
Clanculus ringens
Clanculus samoensis
Samoa Kreiselschnecke
Clanculus santamariae
Clanculus scabrosus
Clanculus scotti
Clanculus simoni
Clanculus spadiceus
Clanculus stigmatarius
Clanculus thomasi
Clanculus tonnerrei
Clanculus undatoides
Clanculus undatus
Clanculus villanus
Clanculus waltonae
Clanculus weedingi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-05-07 16:41:15
Last edit:: 2021-05-07 16:48:14

Info

Clanculus margaritarius (Philippi, 1846)

The very solid shell has an elate-conic shape. It is narrowly false-umbilicate, red or reddish brown, dotted with black; rosy at the apex. The outlines of the spire are a little concave toward the apex. The spire contains about 7 whorls.

Its a algae grazer.

Synonymised names:
Clanculus margaritarius margaritarius (Philippi, 1846)
Clanculus unedo A. Adams, 1853
Monodonta margaritaria Philippi, 1846 (original combination)
Trochus margaritarius (Philippi, 1846)

Direct children (2):
Subspecies Clanculus margaritarius margaritarius (Philippi, 1846) accepted as Clanculus margaritarius (Philippi, 1846)
Subspecies Clanculus margaritarius multipunctatus Jansen, 1995 accepted as Clanculus multipunctatus Jansen, 1995 (original rank)

External links

gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2021.
underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2021.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2021.

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