Strawberry top
Clanculus pharaonius
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) H. Zell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Clanculus pharaonius, common name the strawberry topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Clanculus pharaonius”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 14 records
- February: 15 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Photos
(c) Olaf Tausch, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Arabella Willing, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Анна Митрошенкова, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Strawberry top, Strawberry topshell, strawberry top, strawberry topshell
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Pharaonenklapper
- French
- Turban des pharaons
Other scientific names: Trochus pharaonius, Trochus stefaninii
Similar species
Keeled clanculusClanculus limbatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 84 open-data records from 1758 to 2012.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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