Clanculus ormophorus

Clanculus ormophorus is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Clanculus ormophorus
Five views of a 1.7 cm shell of Clanculus ormophorus from Masqat, Oman
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Clanculus
Species:	C. ormophorus
Binomial name
Clanculus ormophorus A. Adams, 1853

This name applies to a species which is incertae sedis; the name may be a synonym of another species.

Description

The size of the shell attains 18 mm. The umbilical shell has a depressed-conical shape with rounded whorls. The cinguli are granulated in an equal manner. The first, second and third cinguli contain cinguli with dark granules alternated with white. The fourth contains brown granules. The penultimate whorl is crooked. The body whorl is rounded. The umbilicus is crenulated. The columella is callous, subreflexed and with a triplicate tooth at its base.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf.