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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
Geographical Range:
A
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

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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