Biology:Calliostoma scobinatum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma scobinatum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. scobinatum
Binomial name
Calliostoma scobinatum
(Reeve, 1863)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Zizyphinus scobinatus Reeve, 1863
  • Laetifautor scobinatus (Reeve, 1863)

Calliostoma scobinatum is a species of sea snail in the family Calliostomatidae.[1] Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Fautor).[1][3]

Description

The height of the shell varies between 6 and 13 mm (0.24 and 0.51 in).[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off India and the Philippines.[1] Records from the Torres Strait (Australia) are likely erroneous.[2]

Abapertural view

References

Further reading

  • Reeve, L.A. 1863. Monograph of the genus Zizyphinus. pls 2–8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London: L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14.
  • Marshall, B.A. 1995. Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936–1950] 167: 1–654
  • Subba Rao, N.V. 2003. Indian Seashells (Part 1). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper (192): 1–416
  • Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Dekker, H. 2006. The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya, Supplement 2: 1–228


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