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Calliostoma elegantulum

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Calliostoma elegantulum
Drawing of a shell of Calliostoma elegantulum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. elegantulum
Binomial name
Calliostoma elegantulum
(A. Adams, 1853) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Ziziphinus elegantulus A. Adams, 1853

Calliostoma elegantulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Description

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The buff, imperforate shell has a conical shape. The whorls are plane, encircled by distant elevated violet beaded lines, alternately smaller, the interstices longitudinally striate. The base of the shell is nearly plane, ornamented with 4 violet cinguli. The aperture is subquadrate and white inside. The columella is subtruncate at its base.[3]

References

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  • Adams, A., 1853. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1851(19):150-192