Calliostoma chinoi

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Calliostoma chinoi
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Shell of Calliostoma chinoi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. chinoi
Binomial name
Calliostoma chinoi
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 [1]

Calliostoma chinoi is an average-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.

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Distribution

This species is endemic to the Philippines. It is found near Davao, Talikud Island, Mindanao. [2]

Habitat

This top shell lives at depths of about 140 m. [2]

Shell description

The shell is globose, conical, first whorls are straight and later are a little convex spire outlines. There are six and a half whorls. [2]

The external shell coloration are set in three groups of two and in between there is a channel which is covered with oblique striae and brown colored, while the spiral knob rows are white. [2]

The shell height is up to 13 mm, and the width is up to 13 mm. [2]

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References

  1. Poppe G. T., Tagaro S. P. & Dekker H. (2006). Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2: 3-228.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Poppe G. T., Tagaro S. P. & Dekker H. (2006). The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae & Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Conchbooks, Germany, Hackenheim ISBN   3-925919-80-5.