{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Clanculus simoni | image = Clanculus simoni 001.jpg | image_caption = view of a shell of ''Clanculus simoni'' | authority = Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006<ref>{{WRMS source|129222|Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker. 2006. Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2 Pages: 3–228|1 May 2010}}</ref> | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Clanculus simoni''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|389948|''Clanculus simoni'' Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006||1 May 2010}}</ref>

thumb|Seashell Clanculus simoni

==Description and identification== The size of the shell varies between 9.8&nbsp;mm and 12.7&nbsp;mm.

The shells are covered in cats eyes style dots, and are usually rose colored, leading up to cone shell becoming smaller as they go up the shell. The shell is also heavily banded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marine Species Traits - Clanculus simoni Poppe, Tagaro & H. Dekker, 2006 |url=https://marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389948 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=marinespecies.org}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Reproduction == These species are mostly broadcast spawners, and the embryos evolve into planktonic trocophore larva then, juvenile veligers, eventually becoming full grown adults.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Clanculus simoni |url=https://www.sealifebase.se/summary/Clanculus-simoni.html |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=www.sealifebase.se}}</ref>

==Distribution== This marine species occurs off the Philippines.<ref name="WoRMS" />

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==External links== {{Commons category|Clanculus simoni}} * {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=47295|title=''Clanculus simoni''|access-date=15 January 2019}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clanculus Simoni}} simoni Category:Gastropods described in 2006 Category:Taxa named by Henk Dekker Category:Taxa named by Sheila P. Tagaro Category:Taxa named by Guido Poppe

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