Clanculus depictus Top Snail

Clanculus depictus is commonly referred to as Top Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18399 

AphiaID:

594192 

Scientific:

Clanculus depictus 

German:

Bemalte Kreiselschnecke 

English:

Top Snail 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Clanculus (Genus) > depictus (Species) 

Initial determination:

A. Adams, 1855 

Occurrence:

India, Indian Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1,0 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Deposit feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Clanculus albanyensis
• Clanculus albinus
• Clanculus albugo
• Clanculus aloysii
• Clanculus ater
• Clanculus atricatena
• Clanculus atypicus
• Clanculus berthelotii
• Clanculus bicarinatus
• Clanculus boyeti
• Clanculus bronni
• Clanculus brunneus
• Clanculus buijsei
• Clanculus ceylonicus
• 
  Clanculus clanguloides
  Geheimnisvolle Kreiselschnecke
• Clanculus clangulus
• Clanculus cognatus
• Clanculus comarilis
• Clanculus consobrinus
• Clanculus corallinus
• Clanculus cristinae
• 
  Clanculus cruciatus
  Kreuz Kreiselschnecke
• Clanculus denticulatus
• 
  Clanculus depictus
  Bemalte Kreiselschnecke
• Clanculus dunkeri
• Clanculus edentulus
• Clanculus escondidus
• Clanculus euchelioides
• Clanculus flagellatus
• Clanculus floridus
• Clanculus flosculus
• Clanculus gemmulifer
• Clanculus granti
• Clanculus guineensis
• Clanculus johnstoni
• Clanculus jucundus
• Clanculus jussieui
• Clanculus korkosi
• Clanculus kraussii
• Clanculus largillierti
• Clanculus laurae
• Clanculus leucomphalus
• Clanculus limbatus
• 
  Clanculus margaritarius
  Wunderschöne Canculus, Kreiselschnecke
• Clanculus mariaemaris
• Clanculus maugeri
• Clanculus mauritianus
• Clanculus maxillatus
• Clanculus microdon
• Clanculus miniatus
• Clanculus minor
• Clanculus mixtus
• Clanculus multipunctatus
• Clanculus natalensis
• Clanculus nexus
• Clanculus peccatus
• Clanculus persicus
• Clanculus personatus
• Clanculus petziae
• 
  Clanculus pharaonius
  Erdbeer-Kreiselschnecke, Pharaonenklapper
• Clanculus philippii
• Clanculus pini
• Clanculus plebejus
• Clanculus pseudocorallinus
• Clanculus puniceus
• Clanculus richeri
• Clanculus ringens
• 
  Clanculus samoensis
  Samoa Kreiselschnecke
• Clanculus santamariae
• Clanculus scabrosus
• Clanculus scotti
• Clanculus simoni
• Clanculus spadiceus
• Clanculus stigmatarius
• Clanculus thomasi
• Clanculus tonnerrei
• Clanculus undatoides
• Clanculus undatus
• Clanculus villanus
• Clanculus waltonae
• Clanculus weedingi
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-06-11 12:41:34 

Last edit:

2026-06-11 12:55:46 

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