Calliostoma ocellatum
| Calliostoma ocellatum | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Calliostoma ocellatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. ocellatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma ocellatum (Reeve, 1863) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Calliostoma ocellatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]
Description
The shell has a rather broadly conical shape. It is reddish fulvous, ocellated with brown-shaded white spots. The whorls are concavely impressed round the upper parts, then rounded, and spirally grain-ridged throughout. The shell is rather constricted below the sutures, then rounded and ocellated with shaded opaque-white spots.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
References
- ↑ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 61 (1863)
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma ocellatum (Reeve, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580396 on 2012-12-07
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales
External links
| External identifiers for Calliostoma ocellatum | |
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| WoRMS | 580396 |
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