Biology:Calliostoma turbinum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma turbinum
Calliostoma turbinum 001.jpg
Original drawing of a shell of Calliostoma turbinum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. turbinum
Binomial name
Calliostoma turbinum
Dall, 1895 [1]

Calliostoma turbinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2][3]

Description

The shell is small, turbinate and thin. The nacre shines with a peculiarly coppery luster. The apex is white. The periphery is painted with purple-brown flammules and the spirals are more or less articulated with the same color. The columella is white.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Point Conception to San Diego, California.

References

  1. Dall, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1895, p. 8.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma turbinum Dall, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580417 on 2012-12-07
  3. Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:
  4. Dall (1902) Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured or imperfectly known shells; Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 24 (1902)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3735507 entry