Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Trochida > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Trochidae > Subfamily Trochinae

Clanculus Montfort, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clanculopsis*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Clanculus (Clanculopsis)*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym; alternate representation
*Otavia*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Children

Clanculus berthelotii (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
Clanculus corallinus (Gmelin, 1791)
Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Clanculus jussieui (Payraudeau, 1826)
Clanculus kraussii (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
Clanculus laurae Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008

Literature

original description	Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)].
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Herbert D.G. (1993). Revision of the Trochinae, tribe Trochini (Gastropoda: Trochidae) of southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum. 34(2): 239-308.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Clanculus Montfort, 1810. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138587