WoRMS taxon details
Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus, 1758)
211270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211270)
accepted
Species
Trochus pharaonius Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Trochus stefaninii Nardini, 1934 † · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trochus pharaonius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 757 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 757 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211270 on 2026-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trochus pharaonius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 757 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Trochus stefaninii Nardini, 1934 †) Nardini, S. (1934). Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano. <em>Palaeontographia Italica.</em> 34: 171-267, pls 14-18.
page(s): 247, pl. 18 fig. 15 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
page(s): 757 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Trochus stefaninii Nardini, 1934 †) Nardini, S. (1934). Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano. <em>Palaeontographia Italica.</em> 34: 171-267, pls 14-18.
page(s): 247, pl. 18 fig. 15 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
Other
additional source
MacDonald & Co. (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. <em>MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.</em> [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 34, fig. 36. [details]
additional source Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158.</em>
page(s): 98, pl. 8, figs 1, 2. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 34, fig. 36. [details]
additional source Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158.</em>
page(s): 98, pl. 8, figs 1, 2. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clanculus pharaonius)
To Genbank (from synonym Trochus pharaonius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Genbank
To Malacopics (Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus, 1758) Israel, Darom, Gulf of Eilat, under rocks, by ...
To Malacopics (Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus,1758) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clanculus pharaonius)
To Genbank (from synonym Trochus pharaonius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Genbank
To Malacopics (Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus, 1758) Israel, Darom, Gulf of Eilat, under rocks, by ...
To Malacopics (Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus,1758) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
