Calliostoma gloriosum
Calliostoma gloriosum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. gloriosum
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma gloriosum |
Calliostoma gloriosum, common name the glorious topsnail, is a species of small sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[2][3]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 24 mm. The acute shell contain six gently rounded whorls with fine, revolving, thread-like ribs. Four or five ribs near the suture are granulated. The body whorl is roundly carinated. The base of the shell is flattened, with about twenty-five revolving striae. The thick columella is not reflected, but its base is somewhat grooved or depressed behind it. The aperture is about one-third of the length of the whole shell. It is rhomboidal, pearly, and smooth. The shell has a beautiful light salmon color, ornamented near the suture and carina with alternate patches of light yellow and chestnut-brown.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.
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References
[edit]- ^ Dall, Amer. Jour. Conch., vii, p. 127.
- ^ Calliostoma gloriosum. ITIS, accessed 21 May 2010.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Calliostoma gloriosum Dall, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580411 on 2013-07-20
External links
[edit]- "Calliostoma gloriosum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.