Clanculus brunneus

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

Clanculus brunneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Clanculus
Species:	C. brunneus
Binomial name
Clanculus brunneus A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms
Clanculus omalomphalus A. Adams, 1853 Clanculus zebrides A. Adams, 1853 Isoclanculus brunneus Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 15 mm. The shell has a depressed-conic shape. It is dark brown, adorned with colored bands with granules. The interstices are longitudinally elevated. The whorls are flat, the last one is sharply angulate. The umbilicus has a flat margin. The columella is transversely oblique with a tasseled margin. It terminates in a biplicate tooth. The inner lip shows fine linear elevations, with the last lira the largest.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.