Calliostoma scotti

Calliostoma scotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. scotti
Binomial name
Calliostoma scotti Kilburn, 1973
Synonyms [1]
Calliostoma (Kombologion) scottiKilburn, 1973

Calliostoma scotti, common name Scott's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. ^[1]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Kombologion)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean between Somalia and South Africa.

References

1. Calliostoma scotti Kilburn, 1973 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.

• Kilburn, R. N. 1973. Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma and Conus. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):557–578, 1 fig, 1
• Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 3

External links

• "Calliostoma (Kombologian) scotti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.