Clanculus denticulatus

Clanculus denticulatus, common name the toothed clanculus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Clanculus denticulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Clanculus
Species:	C. denticulatus
Binomial name
Clanculus denticulatus (Gray, 1827)
Synonyms
Monodonta denticulata Gray, 1827 Monodonta lupina Menke, K.T., 1843 Trochus samoensis Rousseau in Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1877

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 13 mm. The depressed, spirally grooved shell has a conical shape. It is pale reddish, ornamented with rows of white and brown spots. The; ribs are slightly granulated. The sutures are distinct and impressed. The lower part of the body whorl is nearly smooth. The white umbilicus is smooth inside, the edge furnished with a series of granules. The aperture is subquadrangular. The outer lip is crenulated at the edge. The columellar lip is smooth, with a large tooth at the inside and a little roughness on the outer side.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and Australia