Calliostoma picturatum

Calliostoma picturatum
	Drawing of a shell of Calliostoma picturatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. picturatum
Binomial name
	Calliostoma picturatum; (A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms
	Cantharidus picturatum A. Adams, 1851; Zizyphinus picturatus A. Adams, 1851 (original description);

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 18 mm. The imperforate shell has a turreted-conical shape. It is green or violaceous, ornamented with undulating bands and zigzag lines. The whorls are plane The basal margin is crenulated. The spire is sculptured with transverse impressed lines. The body whorl is angulated. The base of the shell is a little convex. The subquadrate aperture is white inside. The columella incurved, its base truncate.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

^ ^a ^b Calliostoma picturatum (A. Adams, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links

[WoRMS-1] Calliostoma picturatum (A. Adams, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

[2] Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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