Calliostoma variegatum
Calliostoma variegatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. variegatum
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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[]
- ^ Carpenter, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1865, p. 61.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Calliostoma
- Gastropods described in 1864