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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Clanculus euchelioides Tate, 1893

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Clanculus euchelioides Tate, 1893
   Clanculus gatliffi Tomlin, 1924

Common Name

Small Top Shell p.136 [also called Gatliff's Top Shell if the name C. gatliffi becomes valid.]      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  

Distribution

Spencer Gulf, South Australia to Broome, Western Australia {Jansen1995a}.

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental shelf       Jansen, P. 1995. p. 49 
depth: intertidal [ intertidal to 178 m {Jansen1995a}. ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: under stones 

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1945. p.151 [ as Microclanculus gatliffi, suggests that C. gatliffi is conspecific with C. euchelioides. ]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.136 [fig. 71, as Microclanculus euchelioides, distribution, habitat]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1934. p.83, pl. 1, fig. 1 General reference
 Iredale, T. 1929. p.271 [refers to Tomlin's record from Qld., found in the original description of C. gatliffi]  General reference
 Jansen, P. 1995. p.49, pl. 1, figs 25-27 [ Synonymy, description, distribution and discussion. ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.86, text fig. [ Description, distribution, habitat and remarks. ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
                        Trochini Rafinesque, 1810
                          Clanculus Montfort, 1810
                            Clanculus euchelioides Tate, 1893

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6748) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-07-22.