Calliostoma thrincoma
| Calliostoma thrincoma | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Calliostoma thrincoma | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. thrincoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma thrincoma Melvill & Standen, 1903 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Calliostoma (Calliostoma) thrincoma Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1903 | |
Calliostoma thrincoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
The height of this conical-pyramidal, imperforate shell attains 11 mm. It is highly sculptured and conspicuously keeled around every whorl just above the suture. The body whorl at the periphery is bicarinate. The aperture is square-shaped.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.
References
- ↑ Calliostoma thrincoma Melvill & Standen, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ The Annals and magazine of natural history, Melvill & Standen, Description of sixty-eight new gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the North Arabian Sea; 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)
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