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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Clanculus (Genus)
> peccatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clanculopsis Monterosato, 1880
=Clanculus (Clanculopsis) Monterosato, 1880
=Clanculus (Euclanculus) Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
=Clanculus (Euriclanculus) Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
=Clanculus (Paraclanculus) Finlay, 1926
=Fragella Swainson, 1840
=Macroclanculus Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
=Otavia Risso, 1826
=Trochus (Belangeria) P. Fischer, 1879
=Trochus (Clanculus) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Clanculus (Paraclanculus) peccatus (Finlay, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Paraclanculus peccatus Finlay, 1926
Images: Clanculus peccatus (Finlay, 1926)
Found under rocks at about 15 metres, Northland, NZ. 12mm
Holotype, off Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70584). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, off Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70584). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Found in shell drift, Paxton Point, Far North, NZ. 11mm
Found in shell drift, Paxton Point, Far North, NZ. 11mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: TROCHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Trochinae (Subfamily)
> Clanculus (Genus)
> peccatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clanculopsis Monterosato, 1880
=Clanculus (Clanculopsis) Monterosato, 1880
=Clanculus (Euclanculus) Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
=Clanculus (Euriclanculus) Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
=Clanculus (Paraclanculus) Finlay, 1926
=Fragella Swainson, 1840
=Macroclanculus Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
=Otavia Risso, 1826
=Trochus (Belangeria) P. Fischer, 1879
=Trochus (Clanculus) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Clanculus (Paraclanculus) peccatus (Finlay, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Paraclanculus peccatus Finlay, 1926
Details: Clanculus peccatus (Finlay, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
Northland to East Cape. In beach drift and below low tide to over 25 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 A review of the Recent Trochini of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), Molluscan Research, 19 (p.100)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.60)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.351) Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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