Clanculus (Clanculus) flosculus (P. Fischer, 1878)

Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049 (1), pp. 1-98 : 64

Clanculus (Clanculus) flosculus (P. Fischer, 1878)

Trochus flosculus P. Fischer, 1878 in 1875–1880: 300, pl. 96, fig. 1. Type loc.: Seychelles; neotype in MNHN, designated by Herbert (1993: 256, figs 20–22); neotype loc.: Cerf Island, Seychelles.

Trochus (Clanculus) flosculus — P. Fischer, 1878b: 211.

Clanculus flosculus — Herbert, 1991c: 307, figs 3–6. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 22, fig. 64. Jarrett, 2000: 4, fig. 12. Deuss et al., 2013: 136, fig. h.

Clanculus (Clanculus) flosculus — Herbert, 1993: 253, pl. 1c, figs 7, 20–26 (detailed synonymy and chresonymy).

Distribution. East Africa and islands of the western Indian Ocean, south to central Zululand (Mission Rocks); local material mostly from subtidal reefs, 5–50 m (living 7–22 m).