Calliostoma scobinatum

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

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

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

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