Calliostoma picturatum
Calliostoma picturatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Calliostoma picturatum | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Species: | C. picturatum |
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| Calliostoma picturatum (A. Adams, 1851) | |
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Description
The height of the shell attains 18 mm. The imperforate shell has a turreted-conical shape. It is green or violaceous, ornamented with undulating bands and zigzag lines. The whorls are plane The basal margin is crenulated. The spire is sculptured with transverse impressed lines. The body whorl is angulated. The base of the shell is a little convex. The subquadrate aperture is white inside. The columella incurved, its base truncate.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- Calliostoma picturatum (A. Adams, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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