title: Clanculus ceylonicus
text: # Clanculus ceylonicus
  
  Clanculus ceylonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
  
  ## Description
  
  The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm. The shell shows heavily beaded spiral cords, 11 on the last whorl. Small axial ribs join the beads in between.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion, India and Sri Lanka.
  
  