Calliostoma variegatum

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Calliostoma variegatum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. variegatum
Binomial name
Calliostoma variegatum

Calliostoma variegatum, common name the variable top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Description[]

The height of the shell attains 25 mm. The small, conical shell is variegated. The is rosaceous. The six whorls are planate. The sutures are hardly impressed. The spire contains 3 regular, nodulous riblets, the nodules whitish, and . The interstices are very elegantly rosy. The base of the shell contains 8 . These are scarcely nodulous, and spotted with rosy.[3]

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to California, USA.

References[]

  1. ^ Carpenter, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1865, p. 61.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma variegatum Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580418 on 2012-12-07
  3. ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links[]

  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
  • To ITIS
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma variegatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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