Calliostoma ornatum

Calliostoma ornatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. ornatum
Binomial name
Calliostoma ornatum
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]

Calliostoma eucosmia Bartsch, 1915
Trochus ornatus Lamarck, 1822

Calliostoma ornatum, common name the ornate topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Calliostoma ornatum (Lamarck, 1822).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225117 on 22 April 2010.