Calliostoma purpureum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. purpureum
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma purpureum Quinn, 1992
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Calliostoma purpureum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 11 and 27 mm (0.43 and 1.06 in).
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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, off Trinidad and off the Bahamas.