Calliostoma megaloprepes
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| Calliostoma megaloprepes Tomlin, 1948 |
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maurea megaloprepes Tomlin, 1948 |
Calliostoma megaloprepes is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc. Some authors have considered this genus to be in the family Calliostomatidae, other malacologists would place it simply in the family Trochidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to Australia. It is found around Macquarie Island.
[edit] Habitat
This top snail lives at depths of between 150 and 220 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell has a sculpture of distant narrow weak spiral cords, five or six on the penultimate whorl, and subobsolete on the base, except for two or three moderately strong cords bordering a crescentic callus-filled umbilical area. The uppermost cords on the early spire whorls bear weak granules, but on the subsequent whorls, the cords are smooth.
The external shell coloration is a light reddish-brown, the spiral cords are slightly darker.
The shell height is up to 38 mm, and the width is up to 41 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
