Calliostoma gloriosum

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Calliostoma gloriosum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. gloriosum
Binomial name
Calliostoma gloriosum
Dall, 1871 [1]

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]

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Description

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

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

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Calliostoma gloriosum

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References

  1. ↑ Dall, Amer. Jour. Conch., vii, p. 127.
  2. ↑ Calliostoma gloriosum. ITIS, accessed 21 May 2010.
  3. ↑ 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
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