| Clanculus ceylonicus | |
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| Specimen of Clanculus ceylonicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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.
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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.
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion, India and Sri Lanka.[citation needed]
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