Calliostoma scobinatum

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

Calliostoma scobinatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. scobinatum
Binomial name
Calliostoma scobinatum
(A. Adams in Reeve, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Fautor) scobinatum (A. Adams in Reeve, 1863)
  • Zizyphinus scobinatum A. Adams 1854

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Fautor).

Description

The height of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off India and the Philippines; off Queensland, Australia.

Abapertural view

References
  1. Calliostoma scobinatum (A. Adams in Reeve, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2012.
  • "Calliostoma (Fautor) scobinatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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