Biology:Calliostoma circumcinctum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma circumcinctum
Calliostoma circumcinctum 001.jpg
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Calliostoma circumcinctum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. circumcinctum
Binomial name
Calliostoma circumcinctum
Dall, 1881

Calliostoma circumcinctum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm.[2]

(Original description by W.H. Dall) The solid, strong, white shell has an elevated, conical shape. It contains seven whorls The small, dextral nucleus is polished and delicately reticulate The other whorls have two sharp, much produced, thin keels These are a little recurved at their edges, and crossed only by most delicate lines of growth. The base of the shell is flattened, ornamented with nine angular ribs, the outermost produced somewhat. There is no umbilicus The aperture is subrectangular, notched by the keels. The simple columella projects somewhat at its anterior end, and is not callous. The appressed suture is distinct, not channelled.[3]

Distribution

Found in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 250 m (820 ft).[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1,472 m (4,829 ft).[2]

References

  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Wikidata ☰ Q3143169 entry