Clanculus cognatus

Clanculus cognatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Clanculus
Species:	C. cognatus
Binomial name
	Clanculus cognatus; (Pilsbry, 1903)
Synonyms
	Eurytrochus affinis cognatus (Pilsbry, 1903); Ilanga affinis cognatus (f) (Pilsbry, H.A., 1903); Gibbula affinis cognata Pilsbry, H.A., 1903;

Clanculus cognatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]^[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 9 mm.

This marine shell occurs off the Ryukyus, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines

^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Clanculus cognatus (Pilsbry, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547252 on 2012-11-23
^ Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.

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