Calliostoma turbinum

Calliostoma turbinum
Original drawing of a shell of Calliostoma turbinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
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)
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