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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.


Profilbild Urheber Rajas Shrikoli, Indien

Clanculus depictus,India 2025 (CC BY)


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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
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-06-11 12:55:46 

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Clanculus depictus A. Adams, 1855

Clanculus depictus is a sa marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Synonymised names
Clanculus depictus var. albidus Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (1)
Variety Clanculus depictus var. albidus Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893 accepted as Clanculus depictus A. Adams, 1855 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 11.06.2026.

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