MolluscaBase taxon details
Clanculus puniceus (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
211269 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211269)
accepted
Species
Clanculus (Clanculus) puniceus (Philipi, 1846) · alternative representation
Clanculus miniatus (Anton, 1838) sensu Macnae & Kalk, 1969 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Monodonta punicea R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trochus (Clanculus) puniceus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trochus puniceus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Monodonta punicea R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1846). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 97-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291891
page(s): 100. [details]
page(s): 100. [details]
Type locality contained in Durban Bay
type locality contained in Durban Bay [details]
Description Strawberry Shell Distinctive, small, robust shell with granulated surface, up to 2 cm. Colour brick-red with a pattern of...
Description Strawberry Shell Distinctive, small, robust shell with granulated surface, up to 2 cm. Colour brick-red with a pattern of fine black and white dots. Habitat: on rock in eulittoral zone. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997 and Kalk, 1958). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Clanculus puniceus (R. A. Philippi, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211269 on 2025-09-11
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(of Monodonta punicea R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1846). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 97-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291891
page(s): 100. [details]
basis of record Herbert D.G. (1993). Revision of the Trochinae, tribe Trochini (Gastropoda: Trochidae) of southern Africa. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 34(2): 239-308., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA03040798_273 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 14. [details]
additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 36. [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 100. [details]
basis of record Herbert D.G. (1993). Revision of the Trochinae, tribe Trochini (Gastropoda: Trochidae) of southern Africa. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 34(2): 239-308., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA03040798_273 [details] Available for editors

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 14. [details]
additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 36. [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 40 [details]




Unreviewed
Description Strawberry Shell Distinctive, small, robust shell with granulated surface, up to 2 cm. Colour brick-red with a pattern of fine black and white dots. Habitat: on rock in eulittoral zone. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997 and Kalk, 1958). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Monodonta punicea R. A. Philippi, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Clanculus miniatus (Anton, 1838) sensu Macnae & Kalk, 1969)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Malacopics (Clanculus puniceus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) Kenya, Mombasa, Shelly Beach, under rocks near the reef, collected May 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Clanculus puniceus (R.A.Philippi,1846) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Clanculus miniatus (Anton, 1838) sensu Macnae & Kalk, 1969)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Malacopics (Clanculus puniceus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) Kenya, Mombasa, Shelly Beach, under rocks near the reef, collected May 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Clanculus puniceus (R.A.Philippi,1846) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)